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R. J. Unstead.
From William the Conqueror to William Caxton.
Published London: A. & C. Black, 1966 reprint (originally published 1955).
Series: People in History, Book 2.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printed in the UK by Morrison & Gibb.
Size: 140×213×13mm.
Page count: text 120pp; plates 3pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is rather grubby and yellowed with age, and a little ragged at the spine & edges; the book itself is skewed at the spine; one of the colour plates is partially detached; text appears to be free of marking.

This item £4.50
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 301g.

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Contents: William the Conqueror, 1st Norman king of England; Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland; The king & the archbishop; Richard the Lion-heart & the crusaders; The Welsh prince, Llewelyn; Robert the Bruce of Scotland; Queen Philippa & the men of Calais; Wat Tyler & the boy-king, Richard II; Geoffrey Chaucer & “The Canterbury Tales”; Henry V at Agincourt; William Caxton, wool-merchant & printer.
Appendix: Background to the stories.

Illustrations: monochrome line drawings throughout, by J. C. B. Knight, plus 3 colour plates by Faith Jaques
Maps & plans:no

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: -
Index: no

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