Usurper Kings

Author : Mercedes Rochelle
Publisher : Plantagenet Legacy
ISBN 13 : 9781734797428
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Usurper King written by Mercedes Rochelle and published by Plantagenet Legacy. This book was released on 2021-04-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Outlaw to Usurper, Henry Bolingbroke fought one rebellion after another. First, he led his own uprising. Then he captured a forsaken king. Henry had no intention of taking the crown for himself; it was given to him by popular acclaim. Alas, it didn't take long to realize that that having the kingship was much less rewarding than striving for it. Only three months after his coronation, Henry IV had to face a rebellion led by Richard's disgruntled favorites. Repressive measures led to more discontent. His own supporters turned against him, demanding more than he could give. The haughty Percies precipitated the Battle of Shrewsbury which nearly cost him the throne-and his life. To make matters worse, even after Richard II's funeral, the deposed monarch was rumored to be in Scotland, planning his return. The man just wouldn't stay down and malcontents wanted him back. B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree!

Author : Sapha Burnell
Publisher : Vraeyda Multimedia Inc
ISBN 13 : 1988034043
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Usurper Kings written by Sapha Burnell and published by Vraeyda Multimedia Inc. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From her amazingly visceral opening of Let There Be Light to her final haunting echo in the book’s epilogue, Burnell’s voice jumps off the page, much like a microphone-wielding circus MC standing centre ring. [Usurper Kings is] a work of breathtakingly beautiful discovery." Kevin Hogan Sapha Burnell’s stellar poetry collection inspects the feminine through time. From act I’s genesis and the search for meaning within the hunter gatherer mindset, to the existential singularity of a transhumanist future, Usurper Kings is a mind bending cerebral and emotionally rebellious series of poems. Infinitely feminine, mighty and sometimes rebellious, the essence of Usurper Kings is the search to remember feminine might and discover the power to take it back.

Author : Michele Morrical
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 9781526779502
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Usurpers, a New Look at Medieval Kings written by Michele Morrical and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Middle Ages, England had to contend with a string of usurpers who disrupted the British monarchy and ultimately changed the course of European history by deposing England's reigning kings and seizing power for themselves. Some of the most infamous usurper kings to come out of medieval England include William the Conqueror, Stephen of Blois, Henry Bolingbroke, Edward IV, Richard III, and Henry Tudor. Did these kings really deserve the title of usurper or were they unfairly vilified by royal propaganda and biased chroniclers? In this book we examine the lives of these six medieval kings, the circumstances which brought each of them to power, and whether or not they deserve the title of usurper. Along the way readers will hear stories of some of the most fascinating people from medieval Europe, including Empress Matilda, the woman who nearly succeeded at becoming the first ruling Queen of England; Eleanor of Aquitaine, the queen of both France and England who stirred her own sons to rebel against their father, Henry II; the cruel and vengeful reign of Richard II which caused his own family to overthrow him; the epic struggle for power between Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou, Richard of York, and Edward IV during the Wars of the Roses; the notorious Richard III and his monstrous reputation as a child-killer; and Henry VII who rose from relative obscurity to establish the most famous royal family of all time: the Tudors.

Author : Marie Louise Bruce
Publisher : Sapere Books
ISBN 13 : 9781800550513
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Usurper King: The Fall of Richard II and the Rise of Henry of Bolingbroke, 1366-99 written by Marie Louise Bruce and published by Sapere Books. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth study of an astounding moment in English medieval history. Ideal for people who wish to learn more about the tragic demise of Richard II or the life of his usurper, Henry IV. On 1 October 1399, Richard II, was deposed from the English throne. After succeeding to the throne as a ten year old he had faced the Peasants' Revolt in 1381, challenges from his nobles and Parliament and the threat of French invasion, and yet his crown was taken from him by a member of his own family, his cousin, Henry of Bolingbroke. What was the relationship between these two Plantagenet princes who were both grandchildren of Edward III? And how was Henry able to usurp the throne of England at a time when so many believed in the divine rights of kings? Marie Louise Bruce's exceptional biography of these two medieval English monarchs utilises a variety of well-researched original sources to provide fascinating insight into their parallel lives, from 1366, as young royal princes, to 1399 when Richard II was deposed and Henry took the crown with the support of an invasion force of no more than three hundred men. The Usurper Kingdom is a remarkable book that sheds light on one of the most colourful, turbulent and least known periods of English history.

Author : Boris Chrubasik
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191090603
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kings and Usurpers in the Seleukid Empire written by Boris Chrubasik and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kings and Usurpers in the Seleukid Empire: The Men who would be King focuses on ideas of kingship and power in the Seleukid empire, the largest of the successor states of Alexander the Great. Exploring the question of how a man becomes a king, it specifically examines the role of usurpers in this particular kingdom - those who attempted to become king, and who were labelled as rebels by ancient authors after their demise - by placing these individuals in their appropriate historical contexts through careful analysis of the literary, numismatic, and epigraphic material. By writing about kings and rebels, literary accounts make a clear statement about who had the right to rule and who did not, and the Seleukid kings actively fostered their own images of this right throughout the third and second centuries BCE. However, what emerges from the documentary evidence is a revelatory picture of a political landscape in which kings and those who would be kings were in constant competition to persuade whole cities and armies that they were the only plausible monarch, and of a right to rule that, advanced and refuted on so many sides, simply did not exist. Through careful analysis, this volume advances a new political history of the Seleukid empire that is predicated on social power, redefining the role of the king as only one of several players within the social world and offering new approaches to the interpretation of the relationship between these individuals themselves and with the empire they sought to rule. In doing so, it both questions the current consensus on the Seleukid state, arguing instead that despite its many strong rulers the empire was structurally weak, and offers a new approach to writing political history of the ancient world.

Author : Michele Morrical
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 152677951X
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Usurpers, A New Look at Medieval Kings written by Michele Morrical and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2021-10-13 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This examination of six usurper kings of England, and the people and circumstances surrounding them, is “a masterpiece of academic scholarship” (Midwest Book Review). In the Middle Ages, England had to contend with a string of usurpers who disrupted the British monarchy—and ultimately changed the course of European history by deposing England’s reigning kings and seizing power for themselves. Some of the most infamous usurper kings to come out of medieval England include William the Conqueror, Stephen of Blois, Henry Bolingbroke, Edward IV, Richard III, and Henry Tudor. Did these kings really deserve the title of usurper, or were they unfairly vilified by royal propaganda and biased chroniclers? This book examines the lives of these six medieval kings, the circumstances that brought each of them to power, and whether or not they deserve the title of usurper. Along the way readers will hear stories of some of the most fascinating people of medieval Europe, including Empress Matilda, the woman who nearly succeeded at becoming the first ruling Queen of England; Eleanor of Aquitaine, the queen of both France and England, who stirred her own sons to rebel against their father, Henry II; Richard II, whose cruel and vengeful reign caused his own family to overthrow him; Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou, Richard of York, and Edward IV, who struggled for power during the Wars of the Roses; the notorious Richard III and his monstrous reputation as a child-killer; and Henry VII, who rose from relative obscurity to establish the most famous royal family of all time: the Tudors.

Author : Rowena Cory Daniells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781907519062
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Usurper written by Rowena Cory Daniells and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a slave, Piro finds herself in the Merofynian Palace where, if her real identity is discovered, she will be executed. Meanwhile, Fyn is desperate to help his brother, Bryen, who is now the uncrowned King.

Author : Marie Louise Bruce
Publisher : Stacey International Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Usurper King written by Marie Louise Bruce and published by Stacey International Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1986.

Author : Zeb Haradon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781973389385
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Usurper King written by Zeb Haradon and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-26 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Usurper King takes place in an alternate universe where the serial killer Ted Bundy was never apprehended and is now running for president in 2016.Jim, a sufferer of a hybrid computer-biological virus that causes premature aging, tries to pay for his treatments by winning money on the game show 'Guts!', which has contestants competitively predict the future by reading animal entrails.As Jim begins to find omens in the entrails of Bundy's victory, and details of Bundy's murderous past are uncovered, Jim and another contestant take it upon themselves to stop his ascent to power before it's too late.

Author : John Bate (mechanician.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The king and the usurper; or, The city of separation, by J.B. written by John Bate (mechanician.) and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: