Plantagent -5 Lord

by Juliet Dymoke

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0441492258
• ISBN13: 9780441492251
• Release Date: August 1980
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Lord Humfrey, A Prince For All Seasons!

In the beginning, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, wrested the throne from his cousin Richard II and sowed the seeds of conflict between the powerful houses of York and Lancaster. Now Henry V must keep what his father had won.So Henry turned to his brothers for support and Humfrey of Gloucester gave it unstintingly, though he later tried to wild power during the minority of his nephew, Henry VI. There was also another side to Humfrey's character. As a genuine scholar he loved books in an age when learning was for cloistermen, not courtiers.However, Humfrey inherited not only the Plantagenet charm and energy, but also their talent for strirring up trouble. He quarrelled bitterly with the more prudent memebers of the family over his marriages and love affairs, for Humfrey's wild passions always attracted women.Soldier, scholar and lover, Duke Humfrey embodied the best and the worst qualities of the Plantagenet dynasty. This is the fifth in a series of six novels about the Plantagenets. Juliet Dymoke has the talent and the research to back up her knowledge of the Plantagenents and to make these novels truly entertaining and credible at the same time. These novels, all of them, in the series are out-of-print but are easily found and should be read! Read this fascinating saga of the Plantagenets! You won't be sorry you did! I can't recommend them highly enough!