WILLIAM RUFUS (ENGLISH MONARCHS SERIES)
by Frank Barlow
Published by Methuen London Ltd. 1st. 1983
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. William Rufus was the third son of William the Conqueror and his successor of King of England. Weaving an intimate account of the life of the king into the wider history of Anglo-Norman government, Barlow shows how William confirmed royal power in England, restored the ducal rights in France, and consolidated the Norman conquest. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. A few b/w plates. xix and 484 pages including index.
Boards clean. Text block browned with foxing to top edge. Contents browned. Personal inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned/faded to spine.
ISBN: 0413281701
Stock no. 1831529
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- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ROYALTY
