Thursday, January 27, 2011

The Real Falstaff: Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War, Stephen Cooper.

The Real Falstaff: Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War, Stephen Cooper.

Both a biography and a history of the times of Sir John Fastolf, a senior English commander in the later part of the Hundred Years War, and a major landowner in England and France. Made possible by Fastolf's extensive archives and by the Paston letters, this book gives us a fascinating glimpse into Fastolf and his times, from the high-point of Lancastrian France to the loss of everything but Calais.

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