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A review by katierussek
The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, The Power Behind Five English Thrones by Thomas Asbridge
5.0
Wow. This book. If you want to get started on learning about English History this is the book I would recommend. This might seem like the wrong suggestion but if you were to start learning about US history, you would not start with history of the colonies or the New Deal, you would start with the Founding Fathers and the Revolutionary war. The things the country is based on and the culmination of history at that point.
This book is that. It is about the greatest knight, William Marshall, and his front row seat to the unfolding of English culture, law, custom, and a fight for its survival. He served five kings and they were each larger than life. This author writes beautifully, it is an exciting historical read. If you read this book, the Plantagenets and William Marshall will become your Roman Empire.
This book is that. It is about the greatest knight, William Marshall, and his front row seat to the unfolding of English culture, law, custom, and a fight for its survival. He served five kings and they were each larger than life. This author writes beautifully, it is an exciting historical read. If you read this book, the Plantagenets and William Marshall will become your Roman Empire.