Thomas Becket
Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim: A 900-Year-Old Story Retold
$39.40
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
13 June 2013
Summary
One of our most acclaimed and successful historians brings a colossal figure of British history vividly to life. This is the man, not the legend.
Thomas Becket lived at the centre of medieval England. Son of a draper’s merchant, he was befriended and favoured by Henry II and quickly ascended the rungs of power and privilege. He led 700 knights into battle, brokered peace between warring states and advised King and Pope. Yet he lost it all defying his closest friend and King, resulting…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141044675 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141044675 |
| Author: | John Guy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 13 June 2013 |
| Weight: | 323g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 29mm |
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About The Author
John Guy
John Guy is an award-winning historian, accomplished broadcaster and a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. His previous books include My Heart is My Own- The Life of Mary Queen of Scots, winner of the 2004 Whitbread Biography Award and the Marsh Biography Award, the highly acclaimed dual biography A Daughter’s Love- Thomas and Margaret More and a history, Tudor England, which has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide.
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