![]() ![]() ![]() Given-Wilson divides his biography into five parts the first, "The Great Duchy 1267-1399," provides the Lancastrian background to the revolution of 1399. The early years of the reign, 1399-1406, have generally attracted historians' attention, with the second half of the reign neglected-in part due to a paucity of sources and in part due to its perception as merely a prelude to the reign of Henry V-but that balance is redressed here and Henry IV emerges as a surprisingly strong and steady leader. Jeffrey has been a very long wait for the Yale English Monarchs volume on Henry IV, but Chris Given-Wilson has now supplied historians with a masterful biography of this often overlooked king. ![]()
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