Henry III

The Great King England Never Knew It Had

By: Darren Baker

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Paperback | 1 October 2019 | Edition Number 2

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Henry III (1207-72) reigned for 56 years, the longest-serving English monarch until the modern era. Admired for his building projects like Westminster Abbey, he is nevertheless dismissed by scholars as weak and inept, at least compared to his father King John and son Edward I. This biography changes that perception and shows that he was in fact a more than capable ruler. Crowned as a boy, scarred by civil war, he strove to be the good king implored of him by William Marshal, but his increasingly insular barons and clergy, emboldened by Magna Carta, constantly thwarted his plans to make England a thriving centre of cosmopolitanism.

Their jealousy and resentfulness led to a palace revolution that eventually checked his power and ambition. He would have clawed it all back were it not for one man, Simon de Montfort, who forced him to accept the form of government that eventually became the parliamentary state. Yet somehow Henry survived, as he always had through the remarkable age that was the thirteenth century.

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About the Author

Darren Baker is a translator and historian who took his degree at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of With All For All: The Life of Simon de Montfort.

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Darren Baker paints an unforgettable portrait that allows every reader of this book to come away with a deeper understanding of medieval kingship and the determination of one king in particular to survive and save his dynasty in very difficult political circumstances. -- Michael Clanchy

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