Thomas Becket - Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim: A 900-Year-Old Story Retold

Informationen zum Autor John Guy is a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and has published sixteen books, including My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Tudor England , Thomas More and The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction . He appears regularly on BBC Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio 4 and has presented numerous television documentaries for BBC2. He regularly contributes to the Sunday Times , Guardian , Economist and The Times Literary Supplement. Klappentext Thomas Becket lived at the centre of medieval England. Son of a draper's merchant, he was befriended and favoured by Henry II and quickly ascended the rungs of power and privilege. He led 700 knights into battle, brokered peace between warring states and advised King and Pope. Zusammenfassung Thomas Becket lived at the centre of medieval England. Son of a draper's merchant, he was befriended and favoured by Henry II and quickly ascended the rungs of power and privilege. He led 700 knights into battle, brokered peace between warring states and advised King and Pope.

Product details

• Authors: John Guy, Guy John
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.04.2013
• EAN: 9780141044675
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104467-5
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; England, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, History of Religion, Medieval History, British & Irish history, Biography: religious & spiritual, c 1000 CE to c 1500, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Church history, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Biography: religious and spiritual, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, c 1154 to c 1485 (Plantagenet and Angevin period)