Blood Cries Afar: The Magna Carta War and the Invasion of England 1215-1217

by Sean McGlynn

Book Overview

Exactly 150 years after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, history came extremely close to repeating itself when another army set sail from the Continent with the intention of imposing foreign rule on England. This time the invasion force was under the command of Louis the Lion, son and heir of the powerful French king Philip Augustus. Taking advantage of the turmoil created in England by the civil war over Magna Carta and by King John's disastrous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750963913
• ISBN13: 9780750963916
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Spellmount Publishers
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"