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Thomas Becket
From the winner of the 2004 Whitbread Biography Award and the Marsh Biography Award John Guy comes Thomas Becket" a lively and enlightening new study that brings a colossal figure of British history vividly to life. Behind the legend there was a man. In 1120 the wife of a Norman drapers merchant gave birth to a baby boy in Londons bustling Cheapside. Despite his sickly constitution middle-class background and unremarkable abilities he rose within the space of thirty-five years to become the most powerful man in the kingdom second only to Henry II himself. At his height he led seven hundred knights into battle brokered peace between nations held the ear of the Pope and brought one of the strongest rulers in Christendom to his knees. And within three years of his bloody assassination he
was a saint whose cult had spread the length and breadth of Europe and a legend who remains as controversial and compelling today as he was during his life. The story of "Thomas Becket" is the story of an enigma as well as of one of the most tumultuous periods in English history. Drawing on a vast array of contemporary records personal letters and first-hand accounts John Guy has reconstructed a psychologically compelling stunningly nuanced and utterly convincing account of this most remarkable man the dramatic times in which he lived and the pivotal role he played in his nations history. "Lively effortlessly readable superb. A triumph". ("The Times"). "Suspenseful meticulously researched.. .however well you think you know the story it is well worth the
read". ("Financial Times"). "Wonderfully moving and subtle. Reading of the assassination is almost unbearably intense and brings tears to ones eye". ("Daily Express"). "Compelling marvellously measured entertainingly astute and in places positively moving". ("The Independent"). "A beautifully layered portrait of one of the most complex characters in English history.. .not only corrects many historical errors and uncertainties but merits reading more than once for the sheer joy of its superb storytelling". ("The Times"). "Scintillates with energetic scene-setting giving us a tactile visual feel for early medieval England.. .breathes new life into an oft-told tale". ("Financial Times"). "Vivid
and extremely readable. The most accessible "Life of Thomas Becket" to be published in recent years". ("The Times"). "Literary Supplement" John Guy is an award-winning historian accomplished broadcaster and a Fellow of Clare College Cambridge. His previous books include "My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots" winner of the 2004 Whitbread Biography Award and the Marsh Biography Award the highly acclaimed dual biography "A Daughters Love: Thomas and Margaret More" and a history "Tudor England" which has sold over 250 000 copies worldwide."
was a saint whose cult had spread the length and breadth of Europe and a legend who remains as controversial and compelling today as he was during his life. The story of "Thomas Becket" is the story of an enigma as well as of one of the most tumultuous periods in English history. Drawing on a vast array of contemporary records personal letters and first-hand accounts John Guy has reconstructed a psychologically compelling stunningly nuanced and utterly convincing account of this most remarkable man the dramatic times in which he lived and the pivotal role he played in his nations history. "Lively effortlessly readable superb. A triumph". ("The Times"). "Suspenseful meticulously researched.. .however well you think you know the story it is well worth the
read". ("Financial Times"). "Wonderfully moving and subtle. Reading of the assassination is almost unbearably intense and brings tears to ones eye". ("Daily Express"). "Compelling marvellously measured entertainingly astute and in places positively moving". ("The Independent"). "A beautifully layered portrait of one of the most complex characters in English history.. .not only corrects many historical errors and uncertainties but merits reading more than once for the sheer joy of its superb storytelling". ("The Times"). "Scintillates with energetic scene-setting giving us a tactile visual feel for early medieval England.. .breathes new life into an oft-told tale". ("Financial Times"). "Vivid
and extremely readable. The most accessible "Life of Thomas Becket" to be published in recent years". ("The Times"). "Literary Supplement" John Guy is an award-winning historian accomplished broadcaster and a Fellow of Clare College Cambridge. His previous books include "My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots" winner of the 2004 Whitbread Biography Award and the Marsh Biography Award the highly acclaimed dual biography "A Daughters Love: Thomas and Margaret More" and a history "Tudor England" which has sold over 250 000 copies worldwide."
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