{"product_id":"sceptred-isle","title":"Sceptred Isle","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529157345\u003cbr\u003eFormat: B-format paperback\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrilling new history of the fourteenth century - a time of catastrophe and conflict that shaped England for centuries to come - by the highly acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Red Prince\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author Helen Carr, a thrilling new history of the fourteenth century - a time of catastrophe and conflict that shaped England for centuries to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ***THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A sparkling popular history which brings the Middle Ages' most terrible century to life for a new generation'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Jones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eells the story of the 14th-century Plantagenets with verve\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A highly engaging re-evaluation of a tumultuous century'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe death of Edward I in 1307 marked the beginning of a period of intense turmoil and change in England. The fourteenth century ushered in the beginning of the bloody Hundred Years' War with France, an epic conflict with Scotland that would last into the sixteenth century, famine in Northern Europe and the largest human catastrophe in known history, the Black Death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the epic drama of regicide, war, the prolonged spectre of bubonic plague, religious antagonism, revolt and the end of a royal dynasty, this book tells the story of the fourteenth century via the lives of Edward II, Edward III and Richard II - three very different monarchs, each with their own egos and ambitions, each with their own ideas about England and what it meant to wield power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlongside the lives of the last Plantagenets, it also uncovers lesser-known voi","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41837332398213,"sku":"PR430477","price":34.4,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TT6M7FCQOVXT.jpg?v=1788133218","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/sceptred-isle","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}