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The Hundred Years War Vol 5 - Triumph and Illusion (Hardcover, Main)
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The Hundred Years War Vol 5 - Triumph and Illusion (Hardcover, Main)
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Triumph and Illusion is the final volume of Jonathan Sumption's
epic history of the Hundred Years War. It tells the story of the
collapse of the English dream of conquest from the opening years of
the reign of Henry VI, when the battles of Cravant and Verneuil
consolidated their control of most of northern France, until the
loss of all their continental dominions except Calais thirty years
later. This sudden reversal of fortune was a seminal event in the
history of the two principal nation-states of western Europe. It
brought an end to four centuries of the English dynasty's presence
in France, separating two countries whose fortunes had once been
closely intertwined. It created a new sense of national identity in
both countries. The legacy of these events would influence their
divergent fortunes for centuries to come. Behind the clash of arms
stood some of the most remarkable personalities of the age: the
Duke of Bedford, the English Regent who ruled much of France from
Paris and Rouen; Charles VII of France, underrated in both
countries, who patiently rebuilt his kingdom after the disasters of
his early years; the captains who populate the pages of Shakespeare
- Fastolf, Montagu, Talbot, Dunois and, above all, the
extraordinary figure of Joan of Arc who changed the course of the
war in a few weeks at the age of seventeen.
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