BookShared
  • MEMBER AREA    
  • Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI

    (By Lauren Johnson)

    Book Cover Watermark PDF Icon Read Ebook
    ×
    Size 24 MB (24,083 KB)
    Format PDF
    Downloaded 626 times
    Last checked 11 Hour ago!
    Author Lauren Johnson
    “Book Descriptions: First-born son of a warrior father who defeated the French at Agincourt, Henry VI of the House Lancaster inherited the crown not only of England but also of France, at a time when Plantagenet dominance over the Valois dynasty was at its glorious height.

    And yet, by the time he was done to death in the Tower of London in 1471, France was lost, his throne had been seized by his rival, Edward IV of the House of York, and his kingdom had descended into the violent chaos of the Wars of the Roses.

    Henry VI is perhaps the most troubled of English monarchs, a pious, gentle, well-intentioned man who was plagued by bouts of mental illness. In Shadow King, Lauren Johnson tells his remarkable and sometimes shocking story in a fast-paced and colourful narrative that captures both the poignancy of Henry's life and the tumultuous and bloody nature of the times in which he lived.”

    Google Drive Logo DRIVE
    Book 1

    The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England

    ★★★★★

    Dan Jones

    Book 1

    The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV

    ★★★★★

    Helen Castor

    Book 1

    Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

    ★★★★★

    Neal Stephenson

    Book 1

    Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown: The Kings and Queens Who Never Were

    ★★★★★

    J.F. Andrews

    Book 1

    King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta

    ★★★★★

    Marc Morris

    Book 1

    Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England

    ★★★★★

    Thomas Penn

    Book 1

    The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

    ★★★★★

    Dava Sobel

    Book 1

    Autocracy, Inc.

    ★★★★★

    Anne Applebaum

    Book 1

    Brothers York

    ★★★★★

    Thomas Penn

    Book 1

    The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster

    ★★★★★

    Helen Carr

    Book 1

    Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

    ★★★★★

    Tom Holland

    Book 1

    The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time

    ★★★★★

    John Kelly

    Book 1

    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

    ★★★★★

    Anne Brontë

    Book 1

    The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream

    ★★★★★

    Charles Spencer