The red Prince : : the Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster
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Son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV and the sire of all the Tudors. Always close to the English throne, John of Gaunt left a complex legacy. Too rich, too powerful, too haughty - did he have his eye on his nephew's throne? Why was he such a focus of hate in the Peasants' Revolt? In examining the life of a pivotal medieval figure, Helen Carr paints a revealing portrait of a man who held the levers of power on the English and European stage, passionately upheld chivalric values, pressed for the Bible to be translated into English, patronised the arts, ran huge risks to pursue the woman he loved - and, according to Shakespeare, gave the most beautiful of all speeches on England.
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PUBLISHED
London : Oneworld, 2022.
Year Published: 2022
Description: 283 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour), maps ; 20 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780861543182
0861543181
SUBJECTS
John, -- of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, -- 1340-1399.
Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1327-1377.