TITLE: King John: Two Time Loser
RELEASE DATE: May 25, 2017
AUTHOR: D. Lawrence-Young
CATEGORIES: Historical Fiction/War Fiction/England
PAGE COUNT: 256
ISBN: 978-1544111346
IMPRINT: White Stag
KEYWORDS: Historical, King John, King Henry II, France, King Louis VII, Civil
War, England
ONE LINER:
Provocative
portrait of how King John became ‘Bad’ and a despised womanizer and murderer
and lost both his English and French kingdoms.
SYNOPSIS:
King John
is the only English king known as ‘the Bad.’
However, was he really any worse than the other medieval kings? King
John:Two-Time Loser, traces this king’s life and troubled reign from his
childhood in France to his death nearly fifty years later in 1216.
As the
fourth and youngest son of King Henry II, John is not expected to become king.
He is contemptuously nicknamed ‘Lackland’ and is not trained for the monarchy.
However, despite all odds, after big brother Richard dies in battle, John
becomes King. Now he has to prove himself by being strong and standing up to
his French overlord, Louis VII. Unfortunately he fails and also loses much of
his French territory. In addition, John is accused of womanizing and of
murdering his young nephew, Arthur - a potential rival to the throne. At home,
John becomes embroiled in a nasty power-struggle with Pope Innocent III which
causes England to be excommunicated.
Following
these failures, the barons revolt and John is forced to agree to their demands
spelled out in Magna Carta. Civil War then breaks out and John dies alone and
unlamented knowing that he has lost both his English and French kingdoms.
AUTHOR BIO:
D. Lawrence-Young has been teaching and lecturing on drama, history and
English for many years. He is happiest when researching Shakespeare, English
and military history. He has written Communication in English, a best-selling
English language textbook as well as a dozen other historical novels. These
include three based on the life of Shakespeare.
He contributes regularly to Forum, a magazine for English language
teachers and has also written several articles for Skirmish, a military history
journal. He is a member of the local history club and is the Chairman of the
Jerusalem Shakespeare Society. He is also a published (USA) and exhibited (UK
and Jerusalem) photographer. He plays the clarinet (badly) and is married and
has three children.
AUTHOR LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/authordlawrenceyoung https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4575990.David_Lawrence_Young
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