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King John - Treachery, Tyranny and the Road to Magna Carta (Paperback)
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King John - Treachery, Tyranny and the Road to Magna Carta (Paperback)
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The brilliantly compelling new biography of the treacherous and
tyrannical King John, published to coincide with the 800th
anniversary of Magna Carta. King John is familiar to everyone as
the villain from the tales of Robin Hood - greedy, cowardly,
despicable and cruel. But who was the man behind the legend?
Drawing on contemporary chronicles and the king's own letters,
bestselling historian Marc Morris brings the real John vividly to
life. We see how a youngest son with limited prospects became the
ruler of the greatest dominion in Europe, but at a terrible cost.
His rise to power involved treachery, rebellion and murder, and his
reign witnessed oppression on an almost unprecedented scale. It
climaxed in conspiracy and revolt, and his leading subjects forced
him to issue Magna Carta, a document binding him and his successors
to behave better in future. John's rejection of the charter led to
civil war and foreign invasion, bringing his life to a disastrous
close. Authoritative and dramatic, Marc Morris's King John offers a
compelling portrait of an extraordinary man at a momentous turning
point in the history of Britain and Europe.
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