The Hundred Years War, Volume 1 - (Middle Ages) by Jonathan Sumption (Paperback)

About the Book

A History Book Club selection. "This will become a standard account of the War."--

Book Synopsis

A History Book Club selection

Review Quotes

"A rich book, filled with detail and incident, yet never losing a sense of the overall sweep of events."-- "Times Literary Supplement"

"In a balanced and seamless presentation, the origins and first decade of the Hundred Years' War unfold before the reader."-- "American Historical Review"

"This will become a standard account of the War."-- "Choice"

"Without any doubt, this book immediately takes its place as the best available account of this phase of the war. . . . It is compulsively readable, in part the consequence of a lucid style and apt choice of detail, but mainly the result of a masterly overall grasp, acute judgment, fresh insight, and a compelling sense of immediacy that fully justifies the author's preference for a predominantly narrative approach. Throughout, there is a sense of a luminous intelligence working on the material."-- "History"

About the Author

A former history fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, Jonathan Sumption is the author of The Hundred Years War, Volume 2: Trial by Fire, The Hundred Years War, Volume 3: Divided Houses, and The Hundred Years War, Volume 4: Cursed Kings, all available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.