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The Magnificent Century (The Plantagenets, #2)
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bookshelves: history, medieval5c-16c, spring-2010, fraudio, published-1949, plantagenet-1154-1485, nonfiction
Mar 08, 2010
bookshelves: history, medieval5c-16c, spring-2010, fraudio, published-1949, plantagenet-1154-1485, nonfiction
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Read By: David Case
Genre: History
Publisher: Books on Tape
Series Name: The Pageant of England
Position in Series: 2
Abridged: No
Book Description Blurb
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THE MAGNIFICENT CENTURY, the second volume of Costain's A History of
the Plantagenets, covers Henry III's long and turbulent reign, from
1216 to 1272. During his lifetime Henry was frequently unpopular, unreliable and inconsistent, yet his reign saw spectacular advancement in the arts, sciences and theology, as well as in government. Despite all, it was truly a magnificent century.
Genre: History
Publisher: Books on Tape
Series Name: The Pageant of England
Position in Series: 2
Abridged: No
Book Description Blurb
================
THE MAGNIFICENT CENTURY, the second volume of Costain's A History of
the Plantagenets, covers Henry III's long and turbulent reign, from
1216 to 1272. During his lifetime Henry was frequently unpopular, unreliable and inconsistent, yet his reign saw spectacular advancement in the arts, sciences and theology, as well as in government. Despite all, it was truly a magnificent century.
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Reading Progress
March 8, 2010
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April 17, 2010
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April 17, 2010
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2.47%
"of 18. Will try the scarlet velvet curtain around the couch to ward off small pox."
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"of 18 . No! No! please do not trouble your good, generous self to send me a hair shirt for my birthday - I'll make do without, thanks."
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April 19, 2010
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"I love the way Costain bemoans the chivalric form of warfare... very funny"
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April 19, 2010
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Apr 20, 2010 10:21AM
I thought you'd enjoy this series. Have you read the others?
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Two down and two to go; lovely reads, which tie in so beautifully with the Edith Pargeter books I'm also reading.
I always like it when my fiction and non-fiction dovetail together.
Susanna wrote: "I always like it when my fiction and non-fiction dovetail together."It doesn't happen too often but totally delicious when it does.
