Geoffrey De Mandeville
Subtitle: A Study Of The Anarchy
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: January 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9781430497103
Subjects: General; Biography & Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography
First sentence: BEFORE approaching that struggle between King Stephen and his rival, the Empress Maud, with which this work is mainly concerned, it is desirable to examine the peculiar conditions of Stephen's accession to the crown, determining, as they did, his position as king, and supplying, we shall find, the master-key is the anomalous character of his reign.