This is the sixth volume in the new ‘History in Fifteen Minutes’ series.
Designed for first-time readers; ‘History in Fifteen Minutes’ gives the primary facts about the life and times of Richard I, one of England’s most famous monarchs. The second Plantagenet king, Richard is one of the few English monarchs to gain a sobriquet or nickname: Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror then Richard the Lionheart.
Richard’s great passion was for war, which was both his making as a monarch and his downfall. In his youth, he fought against his father, Henry II. As king of England, he fought during the Third Crusade. Finally, he fought against the French king Philip II before being fatally wounded by a foolish act of bravado.
This work includes sections on:
• Who was Richard I?
• Richard’s Early Life
• Fighting against his Father
• Richard becomes King
• The Third Crusade
• Prisoner
• War with France
• Richard’s Death
Love History? Love ‘History in Fifteen Minutes’.
History in Fifteen Minutes Series:
Henry II
Richard I
John
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
James I
Charles II
Designed for first-time readers; ‘History in Fifteen Minutes’ gives the primary facts about the life and times of Richard I, one of England’s most famous monarchs. The second Plantagenet king, Richard is one of the few English monarchs to gain a sobriquet or nickname: Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror then Richard the Lionheart.
Richard’s great passion was for war, which was both his making as a monarch and his downfall. In his youth, he fought against his father, Henry II. As king of England, he fought during the Third Crusade. Finally, he fought against the French king Philip II before being fatally wounded by a foolish act of bravado.
This work includes sections on:
• Who was Richard I?
• Richard’s Early Life
• Fighting against his Father
• Richard becomes King
• The Third Crusade
• Prisoner
• War with France
• Richard’s Death
Love History? Love ‘History in Fifteen Minutes’.
History in Fifteen Minutes Series:
Henry II
Richard I
John
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
James I
Charles II
