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This is an assessment of the dramatic events of 1399, when Henry of Bolingbroke invaded England, deposed King Richard II, was crowned King Henry IV, and later instigated Richard's murder in the Tower. Henry has generally been thought of as ambitious, treacherous and cruel, in unappealing contrast to the sensitive, cultured and handsome Richard. The author questions the truth of this portrayal. How was Henry viewed by his contemporaries? What was the real relationship between the two princes? And what led to Henry's invasion and victory at a time when people believed in the divine right of kings? The book traces the relationship between the two princes right back to their early boyhood, and sets out to show how early rivalry led to envy, jealousy and suspicion, until the very existence of the other became a threat that had to be ended. Yet beneath all the tensions there remained between the cousins a sympathy which left Henry conscious-stricken for the rest of his life.
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- PublisherRubicon Press
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0948695013
- ISBN 13 9780948695018
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages274
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Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. THE USURPER KING Henry of Bolingbroke 1366-1399 Marie Louise Bruce. The Rubicon Press, London. 1986 First edition ISBN 0948695013 274pp Illustrated Hardback. This copy is in fine unmarked condition, bright, tight and white. The price clipped dust wrapper is also in fine condition. Henry IV (15 April 1366 - 20 March 1413) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (1399-1413). He was the tenth King of England of the House of Plantagenet and also asserted his grandfather's claim to the title King of France. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence his other name, Henry (of) Bolingbroke. His father, John of Gaunt, was the third son of Edward III, and enjoyed a position of considerable influence during much of the reign of Henry's cousin Richard II, whom Henry eventually deposed. Henry's mother was Blanche, heiress to the considerable Lancaster estates, thus he became the first King of England from the Lancaster branch of the Plantagenets. Ref O3. Seller Inventory # 008654
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