John of Gaunt: King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster
A Nonfiction, History, Biography book. I'm wavering between three and four stars. Very informative read - particularly where battles were...
"'Old John Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaster.' What name on the roll of English princes is more familiar? What actor in the great drama of English history has been watched with less attention? Two striking episodes in the Duke’s history have been related again and again, and from all points of view. The defence of John Wycliffe and the attack on Sir Peter de la Mare and William of Wykeham—these are the communes of the history of the Church and of the Constitution. But for the rest, the Duke makes his exits and his entrances, but it is upon the other players in the piece that the audience fix their attention. His strong and persistent craving for continental royalty, the keynote to his character, has been strangely neglected. The man has never yet lived and moved among the historic figures of his age or nation. “Old John of Gaunt, and gaunt in being old:” the words have fixed in our minds the idea of a feudal magnate, the venerable uncle of a young and spendthrift king,...
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John of Gaunt was someone who, as a history buff, I have heard about numerous times but have never really known about. This book was a detailed look at his life. It provided many facts about him and his family while not bogging down or feeling too slow (as fact ladened history books can).**I received a copy from Netgalley and the publisher... I'm wavering between three and four stars. Very informative read - particularly where battles were concerned. Unfortunately that aspect of the middle ages is not as interesting to me.Full review to come, this complimentary copy was sent to me by the publisher, Endeavour Press.++++++http://allthebookblognamesaretaken.bl...www.facebook.com/AllTheBookBlogNamesA...www.twitter.com/SarahsBookNookI... This book is published by Albion Press. Albion Press is an imprint of Endeavour Press.
