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Richard Barber.
Henry Plantagenet: A Biography of Henry II of England.
Published London: Purnell Book Services (book club edition), 1973 reprint (previously issued by Boydell, 1964).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Dramrite Printers, London
Size: 142×221×25mm.
Page count: [x],278 plus 8pp.
Main language: English; some shorter quotations given in original language with an English translation.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket on this copy is faded & discoloured on its spine, with a little wear on the edges; the book itself looks in generally good order.

This item £6.00
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price for current edn. £25.00]
Weight without packaging: 566g.

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Contents: The troubled land; Winning of a kingdom; Prince among princes; The new order; The central problem; This low-born clerk; Western edge of the world; Great rebellion; Years of peace; Absalom; They that take the sword…
Appendices: Chronology of the Council of Clarendon; Assize of Clarendon; Chronology of Henry’s last days.

Illustrations: 8 pages of monochrome plates
Maps & plans: 2

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: 2
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 11pp
Index: yes

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