Great and Glorious Adventure - A History of the Hundred Years War and the Birth of Renaissance England

In this captivating new history of a conflict that raged for over a century, Gordon Corrigan reveals the horrors of battle and the machinations of power that have shaped a millennium of Anglo-French relations.
The Hundred Years War was fought between 1337 and 1453 over English claims to both the throne of France by right of inheritance and large parts of the country that had been at one time Norman or, later, English. The fighting ebbed and flowed, but despite their superior tactics and great victories at Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt, the English could never hope to secure their claims in perpetuity: France was wealthier and far more populous, and while the English won the battles, they could not hope to hold forever the lands they conquered.


Military historian Gordon Corrigan's gripping narrative of these epochal events is combative and refreshingly alive, and the great battles and personalities of the period - Edward III, The Black Prince, Henry V, and Joan of Arc among them - receive the full attention and reassessment they deserve.

In aceasta noua istorie captivanta a unui conflict care a durat peste un secol, Gordon Corrigan dezvaluie ororile bataliei si masinariile puterii care au modelat un mileniu de relatii anglo-franceze. Razboiul de 100 de ani a fost purtat intre 1337 si 1453 pretinde atat tronului Frantei prin drept de mostenire, cat si parti mari ale tarii care au fost la un moment dat normand sau, mai tarziu, englez.