One of a pair of new volumes in the pocket-sized ‘Penguin Monarchs’ series.
John (Penguin Monarchs): An Evil King?
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£14.99
Edition:Hardback978014197769030/07/2020
Categories: 02. Summer Books 2020: Biography, Biography, Letters & Diaries, Summer Books 2020
Tags: 12th century, c 1100 to c 1199, 13th century, c 1200 to c 1299, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: royalty, c 1154 to c 1485 (Plantagenet and Angevin period), England, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Kings & Queens, Penguin Monarchs
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