Book Description
The Hundred Years War produced a fascinating and terrifying mixture of high chivalry with utter brutality and the devastation. The 'Black Prince' of Wales, England's first Duke and son of Edward III, proved a potent icon of the Plantagenet kings, at once inspiring to his troops with deeds of valour, a sense of the chivalric gesture, and a keen tactical sense. To his enemies, however, he stood as an angel of death whose ravages brought terror and panic toboth France and Spain. In this biography, recorded shortly after the Prince's death in 1376 by the herald of Sir John Chandos, the prince's deeds are celebrated and have been thus preserved. Translated in 1883 by Francisque-Michel, this hard-to-find text has been edited and reissued by the Chivalry Bookshelf, answering the call of reenactors and students of medieval or military history who have long sought for it.
