About the Author

A former History Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, Jonathan Sumption is the author of Pilgrimage and The Albigensian Crusade.

Reviews

The second volume of Jonathan Sumption's monumental history of the Hundred Years War. "This will become the standard account of the War."--Choice "A classic of sharp scholarship and dust-dispelling energy... Throughout his vigorous narrative, Sumption displays an effortless command of sources."--Times Literary Supplement "Sumption is bringing together so many different stories from so many countries and telling them with such close attention to detail that the chronicles of confusion become a trustworthy record of the time."--New York Review of Books "A superb narrative history."--Military History