Frank McLynn - Richard and John: Kings at War

Richard and John: Kings at War — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Richard and John: Kings at War" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

1234567...115

Table of Contents

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

France and the Jacobite Rising of 1745
The Jacobite Army in England
The Jacobites
Invasion: From the Armada to Hitler
Charles Edward Stuart
Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth-Century England
Stanley: The Making of an African Explorer
Snow Upon the Desert: The Life of Sir Richard Burton
From the Sierras to the Pampas: Richard Burtons Travels in the Americas,
1860-69
Stanley: Sorcerers Apprentice
Hearts of Darkness: The European Exploration of Africa
Fitzroy Maclean
Robert Louis Stevenson
C.G. Jung
Napoleon
1066: The Year of the Three Battles
Villa and Zapata
Wagons West: The Epic Story of Americas Overland Trails
1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World

For Pauline

Illustrations

First section

Reverse of the Royal Seal of Henry II (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, Paris, France, Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library)

Henry VII at his coronation, miniature from Flores Historiarum, by Matthew Paris, Ms 6712 (A.6.89) fol.135v ( Chethams Library, Manchester, UK/The Bridgeman Art Library)

Tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine at Fontevraud Abbey (akg-images/Erich Lessing )

The marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France, and Louis departing by ship to go on the Second Crusade, from the Chronique de St Denis (TopFoto/HIP)

Eleanor of Aquitaine and her daughter-in-law, Isabella of Angoulme, followed by Richard and John, being led into captivity by Henry II after their rebellion in 1173, 12th-13th century fresco, Chapelle de Sainte Radegonde, Chinon, France ( The Art Archive/Dagli Orti )

Tomb of the Young King at Rouen Cathedral (TopFoto/Roger-Viollet)

Bertran de Born (Bibliothque Nationale de France/Ms Franais 12473, f.160)

Richard the Lionheart, painting by Merry Joseph Blondel (Chateau de Versailles, France, Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library)

Frederick Barbarossa, from History of the Third Crusade by Robert de Saint Remy (TopFoto/HIP)

Richard I and his sister, Joanna, Queen of Sicily, with Philip II of France, at Palermo in Sicily, 1190, during the Third Crusade, from History of the Crusades by William of Tyre (By permission of the British Library/Yates Thompson 12, f.188v)

Saladin, illustration by Gustave Dor from Histoire des Croisades by J-F. Michaud, 1877, vol. I (akg-images)

Portrait of Saladin, Arabic School (British Library, London, UK/The Bridgeman Art Library)

Saladins troops ravaging the Holy Land, during the Third Crusade, from History of the Crusades by William of Tyre (By permission of the British Library/Yates Thompson 12, f.161)

Saracen on horseback fighting in Sicily, fresco, late 13th century, Tour Ferrande, Pernes-les-Fontaines, France (The Art Archive/Dagli Orti)

A kneeling crusader knight, from the Westminster Psalter (By permission of the British Library/Royal 2 A. XXII, f.220)

Nureddin, Sultan of Damascus, in mail-coat and wearing an open helmet, flees on horseback pursued by two knights, Godfrey Martel and Hugh de Lusignan the Elder. From History of the Crusades by William of Tyre (By permission of the British Library/Yates Thompson 12, f.132)

Krak des Chevaliers, Syria (The Art Archive/Dagli Orti )

Embarkation of French crusaders in St Jean dAcre and the English fleet destroying a ship of the Saracens, from Sebastian Mamerot, Les Passages doutremer par les Franais, Bibliothque Nationale, Paris (akg-images)

Siege of Acre, from Grandes Chroniques de France (Bibliothque Nationale de France/Ms Franais 2813, f.237)

King Richard I and his army capture the city of Acre in July 1191, from Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis, vol. 1 (By permission of the British Library/Royal 16 G. VI, f.352v)

Surrender of the keys of Acre to Richard and Philip, from Grandes Chroniques de France (Bibliothque Nationale de France/Ms Franais 2813, f.238v)

Richard the Lionheart massacres captives in reprisal, illustration by Gustave Dor from Bibliotheque des Croisades by J-F. Michaud, 1877 (Private Collection, Ken Welsh/The Bridgeman Art Library)

Ms illustration showing the massacre of the Saracen prisoners, from Les Passages doutremer par les Franais (Bibliothque Nationale de France/Ms Franais 5594, f.213)

Chateau-Gaillard at Les Andelys in Haute Normandie, France (Guy Thouvenin/Robert Harding)

Capture of Richard and his paying homage to Emperor Henry VI, from Petrus de Ebulo, Liber ad honorem, Augusti. Cod. 120 II, fol. 129 r, Burgerbibliothek, Bern (akg-images)

Durnstein Castle in Austria ( Jack Sullivan/Alamy)

Second section

The King! The King! illustration by Howard Davie from Robin Hood and his Life in the Merry Greenwood, told by Rose Yeatman Woolf, published by Raphael Tuck, 1910-20 (Private Collection/The Bridgeman Art Library)

Statue of King Richard I, by Carlo Marochetti, outside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London (Mary Evans/Gerald Wilson)

Calendar scene for August showing three men reaping, with a farmer directing them, from the Queen Mary Psalter (By permission of the British Library/Royal 2 B. VII, f.78v)

Calendar page for July showing three men cutting down trees with axes and loading logs on to a cart, from the Anglo-Saxon Calendar (By permission of the British Library/Cotton Tiberius B. V, Part 1, f.6 )

A man raising a club before three Jews, from Chronica Roffense by Matthew Paris (By permission of the British Library/Cotton Nero D. II, f.183v)

Exchequer receipt roll headed by anti-Jewish drawings (The National Archives, Kew/ref. E401/1565)

William Marshal unhorses a French knight (The Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge/MS 016, f.85r)

Seal of King John, 13th century (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, Paris, France, Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library)

Portrait of King John (National Portrait Gallery, London)

King John hunting a stag with hounds (By permission of the British Library/Cotton Claudius D. II, f.116 )

King John with his dogs, from Chronicle of England by Peter de Langtoft (By permission of the British Library/Royal 20 A. II, f.8v)

The sixteen-year-old Prince Arthur is murdered by his uncle, King John, at Rouen Castle, engraved by J. Rogers after W. Hamilton (Mary Evans Picture Library)

King John pays homage to Philip of France, from Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis, vol. 1 (By permission of the British Library/Royal 16 G. VI, f.362v)

Battle of Bouvines, from Grandes Chroniques de France (Bibliothque Nationale de France/Ms Franais 2609, f.219v)

Prince Louis of France crosses the Channel to invade England (

Next page

1234567...115

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «Richard and John: Kings at War»

Look at similar books to Richard and John: Kings at War. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.

Robin Hallett

The Niger Journal of Richard and John Lander

Hourly History

Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life From Beginning to End

Frank McLynn

Heroes & Villains: Inside the minds of the greatest warriors in history

Frank McLynn

Burton: Snow Upon the Desert

of Aquitaine Queen consort of Henry II King of England

Eleanor of Aquitaine: the mother queen of the Middle Ages

McLynn

Marcus Aurelius: Warrior, Philosopher, Emperor

Frank McLynn

Captain Cook: master of the seas

Frank McLynn

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robin Hood

A Brief History of Robin Hood

Frank McLynn

1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World

Frank McLynn

Napoleon: A Biography

Richard Barber

Devils Crown: A History of Henry II and His Sons (Medieval Military Library)

Discussion, reviews of the book Richard and John: Kings at War and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.