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The Knight Who Saved England - William Marshal and the French Invasion, 1217 (Paperback)
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The Knight Who Saved England - William Marshal and the French Invasion, 1217 (Paperback)
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In 1217 England was facing her darkest hour, with foreign troops
pillaging the country and defeat close at hand. But, at the battle
of Lincoln, the seventy-year-old William Marshal led his men to a
victory that would secure the future of his nation. Earl of
Pembroke, right-hand man to three kings and regent for a fourth,
Marshal was one of the most celebrated men in Europe, yet is
virtually unknown today, his impact and influence largely
forgotten. In this vivid account, Richard Brooks blends colourful
contemporary source material with new insights to uncover the tale
of this unheralded icon. He traces the rise of Marshal from
penniless younger son to renowned knight, national hero and
defender of the Magna Carta. What emerges is a fascinating story of
a man negotiating the brutal realities of medieval warfare and the
conflicting demands of chivalric ideals, and who against the odds
defeated the joint French and rebel forces in arguably the most
important battle in medieval English history - overshadowing even
Agincourt.
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