| Title:
The
Life and Times of King John by Maurice Ashley. |
| Description:
This
book gives an account of a King who left behind a very bad
reputation. The author looks for the real King John and
tries to separate fact from fiction. It tells of the king
as being a ruthless and unpredictable man with a swift temper,
but who was also a hard working diplomat whose name has
been primarily blackened by the clergy and by the ruthless
magnates who he fought with. He is undoubtedly remembered
for the king who sealed the ‘Magna Carta’ and
for the final humiliation of losing the Crown Jewels in
the wash, however, this book provides the reader with a
wealth of further information on the subject. |
| Author:
The
author, from 1958 – 1967 was the editor of The Listener
and a Research Fellow at Loughborough University of Technology
from 1967 to 1970. He has written many books which include
The Glorious Revolution 1688, The Greatness of Oliver Cromwell,
The Golden Century: Europe 1598 – 1715 and Charles
II: The Man and the Statesman. |
| Binding:
Hardcover. |
| Date
Published : First
published 1972. |
Edition:
This
edition 1984. |
| Jacket
Condition: Very
Good Condition, dust cover is lightly worn at the edges. |
| Book
Condition : Very
Good condition, containing 224 pages, with 16 pages of colour
plates and 100 black and white illustrations. |
| Publisher:
George
Weidenfieild & Nicholson and Book Club Associates, England. |
| ISBN:
No
number. |
| Size
& Weight: 25.5cm
x 18.5cm (H x W). 2.8cm thick. |
