The Conquering Family

Thomas Bertram Costain

Doubleday, 1962 - History - 291 pages

Contents

• Where the Planta Genesta Grows: 1
• The Long Years of Civil War: 4
• The Epic Reign of a Great King: 23
• The King and the Archbishop: 51
• The Invasion of Ireland: 94
• The Sin of Absalom: 103
• The Milch Cow of the Third Crusade: 133
• The Lord of the Manor and the Villein: 150
• MelechRic: 158
• While the Devil Was Loose: 180
• The Unsolved Mystery: 193
• John Softsword: 214
• With Bell Book and Candle: 224
• Magna Charta: 242
• Twilight of a Tyrant: 262
• A Nation Again: 275
• Index: 279

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Conquering Family; Volume 1 of History of the Plantagenets, Thomas Bertram Costain; Volume 1 of Pageant of England, Thomas Bertram Costain
• Author: Thomas Bertram Costain
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Doubleday, 1962
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: May 30, 2008
• ISBN: 0385040881, 9780385040884
• Length: 291 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485)