Invasion : the forgotten French bid to conquer England
Cameron, Duncan (Of the British Council)2019
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The Norman Conquest in the eleventh century is one of the best known events in English history, yet the French attempts to invade England three hundred years later are largely ignored and misunderstood. In fact, French invaders landed on English soil more than 20 times in the second half of the fourteenth century, sometimes accompanied by allies from Castile, Monaco, Genoa, and Denmark. They were part of a carefully thought-out strategy led by the French King Charles V. This title tells the untold story of the Second French invasion of England - 300 years after Hastings - an episode that time forgot.
Main title:
Invasion : the forgotten French bid to conquer England / Duncan Cameron.
Author:
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2019.
Collation:
286 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781445690247 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
942.037
Language:
English
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BRN:
435257