The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King
Author(s): Ian Mortimer
In June 1405, King Henry IV stopped at a small Yorkshire manor house to shelter from a storm. That night he awoke screaming that traitors were burning his skin. His instinctive belief that he was being poisoned was understandable: he had already survived at least eight plots to dethrone or kill him in the first six years of his reign.
General Information
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- : Vintage
- : Vintage
- : 0.36
- : 30 June 2008
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Ian Mortimer
- : Paperback
- : 908
- : 942.041092
- : 496
- : 30
More About The Product
An author with a strong track record now tackles the turbulent reign of Henry IV, the first Lancastrian king
Ian Mortimer has BA and PhD degrees in history from Exeter University and an MA in archive studies from University College London. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Socity in 1998, and was awarded the Alexander Prize (2004) by the Roayl Historical Society for his work on the social history of medicine. He is the author of two other medieval biographies, The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer and The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, published in 2003 and 2006 respectively by Jonathan Cape.
