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Richard II (Penguin Monarchs): A Brittle Glory

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Richard II (Penguin Monarchs): A Brittle Glory
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Laura Ashe
SeriesPenguin Monarchs
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 181,Width 111
Category/GenreBritish and Irish History
ISBN/Barcode 9780141987361
ClassificationsDewey:942.038092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date 28 June 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series- short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperback Richard II (1377-99) came to the throne as a child, following the long, domineering, martial reign of his grandfather Edward III. He suffered from the disastrous combination of a most exalted sense of his own power and an inability to impress that power on those closest to the throne. Neither trusted nor feared, Richard battled with a whole series of failures and emergencies before finally succumbing to a coup, imprisonment and murder. Laura Ashe's brilliant account of his reign emphasizes the strange gap between Richard's personal incapacity and the amazing cultural legacy of his reign - from the Wilton Diptych to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Piers Plowman and The Canterbury Tales.

Author Biography

Laura Ashe is Associate Professor of English and a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. Her books include Fiction and History in England, 1066-1200 and the Oxford English Literary History, vol. 1- 1000-1350. Conquest and Transformation. She has also edited Early Fiction in England- From Geoffrey of Monmouth to Chaucer for Penguin Classics. The extraordinary flowering of English literature in the reign of Richard II features in much of her work.