Claudia Gold - King of the North Wind

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Henry II conquered the largest empire of any English medieval king. Yet it is the people around him we remember: his wife Eleanor, whom he seduced from the French king; his son Richard the Lionheart; Thomas Becket, murdered in his cathedral. Who was this great, yet tragic king? For fans of Dan Jones, George RR Martin and Bernard Cornwell.The only thing that could have stopped Henry was himself.Henry II had all the gifts of the gods. He was charismatic, clever, learned, empathetic, a brilliant tactician, with great physical strength and an astonishing self-belief. Henry was the creator of the Plantagenet dynasty of kings, who ruled through eight generations in command of vast lands in Britain and Europe. Virtually unbeaten in battle, and engaged in a ceaseless round of conquest and diplomacy, Henry forged an empire that matched Charlemagne’s.It was not just on the battlefield that Henry excelled; he presided over a blossoming of culture and learning termed ‘the twelfth century Renaissance’, pursued the tenets of reason over religious faith, and did more to advance the cause of justice and enforce the rule of law than any other English monarch before or since. Contemporaries lauded his greatness and described him as their ‘Alexander of the West’.And yet it is the people around him who are remembered: his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, whom he seduced away from the French king; his sons Richard the Lionheart and John; Thomas Becket, murdered in his cathedral. Henry – so famed during his lifetime – has slipped into the shadows of history. King of the North Wind offers a fresh evaluation of this great yet tragic ruler.Written as a historical tragedy, it tells how this most talented of kings came into conflict with those closest to him, to become the most haunted.

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CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Maps Family Trees Cast of Characters Prologue Act I – The Bargain Act II – Triumph Act III – Pariah Act IV – Rebellion Act V – Nemesis Epilogue Timeline Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Picture Section Index Also by Claudia Gold About the Author About the Publisher

COPYRIGHT CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Maps Family Trees Cast of Characters Prologue Act I – The Bargain Act II – Triumph Act III – Pariah Act IV – Rebellion Act V – Nemesis Epilogue Timeline Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Picture Section Index Also by Claudia Gold About the Author About the Publisher

William Collins

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London SE1 9GF

www.WilliamCollinsBooks.com

This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2018

Copyright © Claudia Gold 2018

Maps and family trees by Martin Brown

Cover design by Jack Smyth

Claudia Gold asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.

Source ISBN: 9780007554805

Ebook Edition © July 2018 ISBN: 9780007554799

Version: 2019-01-11

DEDICATION CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Maps Family Trees Cast of Characters Prologue Act I – The Bargain Act II – Triumph Act III – Pariah Act IV – Rebellion Act V – Nemesis Epilogue Timeline Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Picture Section Index Also by Claudia Gold About the Author About the Publisher

For Phil, Asher and Jake

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Title Page CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Maps Family Trees Cast of Characters Prologue Act I – The Bargain Act II – Triumph Act III – Pariah Act IV – Rebellion Act V – Nemesis Epilogue Timeline Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Picture Section Index Also by Claudia Gold About the Author About the Publisher

Copyright COPYRIGHT CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Maps Family Trees Cast of Characters Prologue Act I – The Bargain Act II – Triumph Act III – Pariah Act IV – Rebellion Act V – Nemesis Epilogue Timeline Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Picture Section Index Also by Claudia Gold About the Author About the Publisher William Collins An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.WilliamCollinsBooks.com This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2018 Copyright © Claudia Gold 2018 Maps and family trees by Martin Brown Cover design by Jack Smyth Claudia Gold asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins. Source ISBN: 9780007554805 Ebook Edition © July 2018 ISBN: 9780007554799 Version: 2019-01-11

Dedication DEDICATION CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Maps Family Trees Cast of Characters Prologue Act I – The Bargain Act II – Triumph Act III – Pariah Act IV – Rebellion Act V – Nemesis Epilogue Timeline Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Picture Section Index Also by Claudia Gold About the Author About the Publisher For Phil, Asher and Jake

Maps MAPS

Family Trees FAMILY TREES

Cast of Characters

Prologue

Act I – The Bargain

Act II – Triumph

Act III – Pariah

Act IV – Rebellion

Act V – Nemesis

Epilogue

Timeline

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Picture Section

Index

Also by Claudia Gold

About the Author

About the Publisher

MAPS

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FAMILY TREES

King of the North Wind - фото 6 King of the North Wind - фото 7 CAST OF CHARACTERS Henry F - фото 8 CAST OF CHARACTERS Henry FitzEmpress King Henry II of England eldest son - фото 9 CAST OF CHARACTERS Henry FitzEmpress King Henry II of England eldest son - фото 10

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Henry FitzEmpress : King Henry II of England, eldest son of Geoffrey of Anjou and Matilda of England.

Family

Henry I: Henry’s maternal grandfather; king of England and duke of Normandy.

Matilda: Henry’s mother; the widowed empress of Germany, married by her father to her second husband, Geoffrey count of Anjou.

Geoffrey of Anjou: Henry’s father; husband of the much older Matilda. From the age of fourteen, Count of Anjou, a principality in northern France.

Geoffrey FitzEmpress: Henry’s younger brother, who rebels against Henry as soon as he is able.

William FitzEmpress: Henry’s youngest brother; he remains staunchly loyal.

Fulk of Anjou: Henry’s paternal grandfather; leaves Anjou to marry Queen Melisende of Jerusalem. Through this second marriage, becomes king of the Latin Kingdom.

Eleanor of Aquitaine: Henry’s wife, previously married to Louis VII of France; duchess of Aquitaine, the largest and wealthiest province in France, in her own right. She is about eleven years older than Henry.

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