- Fiction, Nobility, Middle Ages, History
The reigns, deaths, and ruthless struggle for power of Richard II and his cousin Henry IV is viewed through the eyes of Henry's youngest son, John of Lancanster. John, Duke of Bedford--very human, very powerful, intensely virile--he is an unforgettable figure in England's most turbulent and bawdy era.
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Classical in form, earnest, epic and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Georgette Heyer
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Bantam Books (Mm), ISIS Audio Books, ISIS Large Print Books
- Editions
- 20
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781407077871
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Georgette Heyer was born on 16 August 1902 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. She was the eldest child of Sylvia Watkins and George Heyer; her brother George Boris was born four years later, and her brother Frank nine years later. During her childhood, the family lived also in Paris, France, but they returned to England before World War I. During the war, her father served as a requisitions officer for the British Army in France. Her father encouraged her to read, he never forbade her any book. At 17, she began a serial story to amuse her brother Boris, who suffered from a form of haemophilia and was often weak. Her father enjoyed listening to her story and asked her to prepare it for public
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