{"product_id":"the-hundred-years-war-vol-5-triumph-and-illusion","title":"The Hundred Years War Vol 5: Triumph and Illusion","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe eagerly anticipated final volume in Jonathan Sumption's\u003cbr\u003eprize-winning history of the Hundred Years War, \"one of the great historical\u003cbr\u003eundertakings of our age.\" ― Dan Jones, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eTriumph and Illusion is the\u003cbr\u003efinal volume of Jonathan Sumption's epic history of the Hundred Years War. It\u003cbr\u003etells the story of the collapse of the English dream of conquest from the\u003cbr\u003eopening years of the reign of Henry VI, when the battles of Cravant and\u003cbr\u003eVerneuil consolidated their control of most of northern France, until the loss\u003cbr\u003eof all their continental dominions except Calais thirty years later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis\u003cbr\u003esudden reversal of fortune was a seminal event in the history of the two\u003cbr\u003eprincipal nation-states of western Europe. It brought an end to four centuries\u003cbr\u003eof the English dynasty's presence in France, separating two countries whose\u003cbr\u003efortunes had once been closely intertwined. It created a new sense of national\u003cbr\u003eidentity in both countries. The legacy of these events would influence their\u003cbr\u003edivergent fortunes for centuries to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBehind the clash of arms stood some\u003cbr\u003eof the most remarkable personalities of the age: the Duke of Bedford, the\u003cbr\u003eEnglish Regent who ruled much of France from Paris and Rouen; Charles VII of\u003cbr\u003eFrance, underrated in both countries, who patiently rebuilt his kingdom after\u003cbr\u003ethe disasters of his early years; the captains who populate the pages of\u003cbr\u003eShakespeare - Fastolf, Montagu, Talbot, Dunois and, above all, the\u003cbr\u003eextraordinary figure of Joan of Arc who changed the course of the war in a few\u003cbr\u003eweeks at the age of seventeen.\r","brand":"Jonathan Sumption","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44440671944940,"sku":"9780571274574","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/the-hundred-years-war-vol-5-triumph-and-illusion","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}