The First Plantagenet

Fiction & Literature, Historical
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Author: Susan Appleyard ISBN: 9781310391071
Publisher: Susan Appleyard Publication: January 21, 2016
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Susan Appleyard
ISBN: 9781310391071
Publisher: Susan Appleyard
Publication: January 21, 2016
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

A great deal has been written about Eleanor of Aquitaine, not so much about her husband. Ambitious, intelligent and energetic, Henry II was one of England’s most effective kings. He brought order out of the chaos of civil war, imposed his authority on far-flung lands, reorganized the justice system and refined the laws. Unfortunately, he did not do so well with personal relationships. His attempt to claim ancestral rights over the church brought him into conflict with his erstwhile friend, Archbishop Becket. His inability to control his four sons, added to their quarrelsome natures, resulted in their making war on him and on each other and the imprisonment of his queen. Henry survived war, rebellion, treachery and the threat of excommunication. But there was one enemy he couldn’t defeat.

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A great deal has been written about Eleanor of Aquitaine, not so much about her husband. Ambitious, intelligent and energetic, Henry II was one of England’s most effective kings. He brought order out of the chaos of civil war, imposed his authority on far-flung lands, reorganized the justice system and refined the laws. Unfortunately, he did not do so well with personal relationships. His attempt to claim ancestral rights over the church brought him into conflict with his erstwhile friend, Archbishop Becket. His inability to control his four sons, added to their quarrelsome natures, resulted in their making war on him and on each other and the imprisonment of his queen. Henry survived war, rebellion, treachery and the threat of excommunication. But there was one enemy he couldn’t defeat.

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