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Informationen zum Autor Mary McAuliffe received a Ph.D. in history from the University of Maryland and has taught at several universities and lectured at the Smithsonian Institution. For many years she was a regular contributor to Paris Notes. She has traveled extensively in France and recently published Dawn of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and Their Friends. She is also the author of Paris Discovered: Explorations in the City of Light. She lives in New York City with her husband. Klappentext Conflict between England and France was a fact of life for centuries, but few realize that this conflict originated with the Vikings and their settlement of what would become Normandy. In this compelling and entertaining history, Mary McAuliffe takes the reader back to those dark and turbulent times when Viking descendant William the Conqueror became king of England, yet as duke of Normandy remained an unwilling subject to the French crown. This led to ongoing hostility between his descendants and generations of French monarchs, culminating in the clash between young Philip Augustus of France and his royal English rivals, most notably Richard Lionheart. Mary McAuliffe colorfully provides the background and context for this "clash of crowns," whose outcome would shape the course of English and French history throughout the centuries that followed. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPart IChapter 1: Merlin's ProphesyChapter 2: Turning PointPart IIChapter 3: Rollo the VikingChapter 4: Fathers and SonsChapter 5: The Virgin and the QueenPart IIIChapter 6: The Golden Table of SicilyChapter 7: To Jerusalem!Chapter 8: The Lion at BayChapter 9: A World of EnemiesPart IVChapter 10: Lionheart's ReturnChapter 11: The Rock of AndelyChapter 12: The Treasure of ChâlusPart VChapter 13: Philip and JohnChapter 14: Lionheart's Proud DaughterEpilogue
