Lionheart and Lackland

King Richard, King John and the Wars of Conquest

Frank McLynn

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English

Pimlico
03 December 2007

Biography: royalty; History; British & Irish history; Middle Eastern history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500

The truth behind Richard the Lionheart and Bad King John - brilliantly readable, scrupulously researched and full of powerful story-telling

Anyone who has seen The Lion in Winter will remember the vicious, compelling world of the Plantagenets and readers of the romance of Robin Hood will be familiar with the typecasting of Good King Richard, defending Christendom in the Holy Land, and Bad King John who usurps the kingdom in his absence. But do these popular stereotypes correspond with reality?

In this sweeping narrative, celebrated historian Frank McLynn turns the tables on modern revisionist historians and shows these larger-than-life characters as they really were - crusading, fighting vicious wars in France, negotiating with the papacy, engaging in ruthless dynastic intrigue, often against each other- in Richard's case, even holding the kingdom together when fighting in the Holy Land; and in John's, losing Normandy, catastrophically agonising the barons over Magna Carta and losing the Crown Jewels in the Wash.

By: Frank McLynn
Imprint: Pimlico
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 439g
ISBN: 9780712694179
ISBN 10: 071269417X
Pages: 592
Publication Date: 03 December 2007
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Frank McLynn is the author of many critically acclaimed books, including Napoleon, 1066, Villa and Zapata, Wagons West, Stanley and 1759, all published by Cape and Pimlico.

Reviews for Lionheart and Lackland: King Richard, King John and the Wars of Conquest

I finished this book thoroughly convinced by McLynn's thesis about Richard and John, and his book kept me locked to its pages for four hours at a stretch without even stirring to switch on my kettle -- Murrough O'Brien * Independent on Sunday * Marvellously readable and strikingly opinionated... McLynn clearly relishes putting the boot into the villain of his piece... This is popular history as it should be written: full blooded, yet firmly grounded in scholarship -- Nigel Jones * Literary Review * A rattling good read * Spectator * History at its most readable * Bookseller * Brilliant... a good example of how fresh scholarship can illuminate dusty but vital corners of history * The Good Book Guide *