Thomas Becket : warrior, priest, rebel, victim : a 900-year-old story retold / John Guy
2012, 1st edition. London ; New York : Viking. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #412398
ISBN: 9780670918461
Physical description; 422 pp., 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Contents; Ancestry -- Upbringing -- Politics -- Paris -- A fresh start -- Apprentice -- Into the limelight -- Arrival at court -- Royal minister -- Bureaucrat and judge -- Warrior -- A solitary man -- Render unto Caesar -- Archbishop -- A broken relationship -- Conversion -- Clash -- Clarendon -- Northampton -- Exile -- Attack and counter-attack -- Search for a settlement -- Case against Becket -- Cat and mouse -- A trial of strength -- Return to Canterbury -- Murder in the cathedral -- Aftermath -- Martyr. Subjects; Thomas à Becket, Saint 1118?-1170. Church of England Bishops ; Biography. Christian martyrs. Statesmen.
Price: €14.95