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Marie Louise Bruce.
The Usurper King: Henry of Bolingbroke, 1366-99.
Published London: Rubicon Press, n.d. [1986].
ISBN 0948695013;
ISBN-13 9780948695018.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Biddles Ltd., Guildford & King’s Lynn.
Size: 192x252x23mm.
Page count: xiv,274pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some scuffs and marks on the dustjacket, some wear on its edges and corners; a little wear on the boards and spine; looks in good order internally, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £3.50
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price for paperback £14.95]
Weight without packaging: 922g.

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Examines the events leading up to Henry IV’s deposition of Richard II, and the circumstances that enabled him to get away with it.

Contents: Royal cousins; Princes & playmates; Betrayal; Vengeance & murders; The 5 lords march; "To depose the king"; Richard fights back; Knights of love & war; The pilgrim; Mask of the king; Over-mighty subject; Richard’s revenge; King in glory; Battle to the death; Banished; The return; Usurper; Death of a king.

Illustrations: a colour frontispiece, & 67 monochrome illustrations
Maps & plans:

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: 1
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 5pp
Index: yes

[BML/MF]
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See also | Henry IV | Richard II |
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