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- ISBN 9780300073744
- Weight: 372g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 21 Jan 1998
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This account of John's reign is revealing and fair-minded, correcting distortions in the accounts of such chroniclers as Rogers of Wendover and Matthew Paris. Warren's analysis of the disputed succession, the conflict with France, the clash with Pope Innocent III, and the events leading to Magna Carta provide an intimate picture of the business of the Crown. Warren is unsparing in his criticism of the king's failings but acknowledges the more remarkable of John's personal qualities.
"Perhaps the best general treatment of the life and reign of King John which has been published in England during the past forty years."—Times Literary Supplement
"An account of John's life and reign based on modern research and set forth in a manner that will appeal as much to the general reader as to the student."—London Daily Telegraph
"Warren deplored the gulf which had developed in history between the 'expert and the public' and aimed to bridge it by writing a narrative of John's career which was both scholarly and accessible . . . in this he succeeded brilliantly."—D.A. Carpenter
W.L. Warren was professor of modern history and dean of theology at The Queens' University, Belfast. Among his books is Henry II, also in the Yale English Monarchs series.
