Magna Carta
The True Story Behind the Charter
$39.50
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
30 May 2016
Summary
‘A soaring account of the months that transformed a messy feudal squabble into Magna Carta…his crisp storytelling, based around short chapters and rolling rhetoric, is extremely entertaining.’ - Dan Jones, Mail on Sunday
‘I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Good history is descriptive, narrative and analytical. This is good history.’ - Gerard DeGroot, The Times
At Runnymede, on the banks of the River Thames, on 15 June 1215, the seal of King John …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473610071 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1473610079 |
| Author: | David Starkey |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 30 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 259g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 163mm x 21mm |
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This is a soaring account of the months that transformed a messy feudal squabble into Magna Carta, a document of transcendent historical importance in the English-speaking world. It is a reminder that, when Starkey flexes his historical muscles, he is a mighty impressive scholar. And his crisp storytelling, based around short chapters and rolling rhetoric, is extremely entertaining. - Mail on Sunday
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Good history is descriptive, narrative and analytical. This is good history. Starkey tells a story. It is not new, but it’s well told. - The TimesAbout The Author
David Starkey
David Starkey is an Honorary Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and the author of Elizabeth, Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII and Henry: Virtuous Prince. He is a winner of the Norton Medlicott Medal for Services to History, and of the WH Smith Prize. He is well-known for his historical television series focusing on the Tudors, monarchy and Britain, and for his radio appearances. Starkey was made a CBE in 2007 and lives in London.
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