Bibliograph

John Talbot and the war in France, 1427-1453, A.J. Pollard

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John Talbot and the war in France, 1427-1453, A.J. Pollard

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

John Talbot and the war in France, 1427-1453

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

A.J. Pollard

Summary

John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury was the last of the celebrated English commanders of the Hundred Years' War. In his lifetime his reputation for audacity and courage gave him an unrivalled fame among the English, and he was feared and admired by the French. A.J. Pollard, in this pioneering and perceptive account, reconstructs the long career of this extraordinary soldier and offers a fascinating insight into warfare in the late medieval period. Talbot was the last representative of generations of brave, brutal warriors whose appetite for glory and personal gain had sustained English policy in France since the time of Edward III. His defeat and death at the Battle of Castillon on 17 July 1453 marked the end of the wars. It was also the final act in a heroic but savage tradition

Target audience

adult

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