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Description of  Henry III: The Rise to Power and Personal Rule, 1207-1258 (Volume 1) (The English Monarchs Series)

The first in a ground-breaking two-volume history of Henry IIIs rule Professor Carpenter is one of Britains foremost medievalistsNo one knows more about Henry, and a lifetime of scholarship is here poured out, elegantly and often humorously. This is a fine, judicious, illuminating work that should be the standard study of the reign for generations to come.Dan Jones, Read more