THE LAST PLANTAGENETS

by Thomas B. Costain ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 26, 1961

This is the fourth and final volume of the Pageant of England, and for many-as for this reader- it is the most absorbing reading. Possibly because so much of it throws light on aspects of English history with which we have grown up. The same lively sense of personalities, the same vivid recreation of ways of life, points of view, backgrounds of time and place, and the same flow of history, with events growing out of causes so that what had perhaps been muddied and uncertain comes clear- all this characterizes this volume as it did the earlier The Conquerors, The Magnificent Century, and The Three Edwards. This begins with the birth of the little prince who became Richard II: it covers the Lancastrian kings, Henry IV, V and VI; it continues through the kings of the House of York- Edward IV and V and Richard III. The years 1377-1485 were decisive years in England's history and when they were past, England had formulated much of what we know as England today in political, social and religious history.

Pub Date: Jan. 26, 1961

ISBN: 1568493738

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1961

Categories: NONFICTION