David Carpenter is professor of medieval history at King's College London. He is the author of numerous books including a new study of Magna Carta for the Penguin Classics series.
"Professor Carpenter is one of Britain's foremost medievalists...No
one knows more about Henry, and a lifetime of scholarship is here
poured out, elegantly and often humorously. This is a fine,
judicious, illuminating work that should be the standard study of
the reign for generations to come."-Dan Jones, The Sunday
Times
"[A] monumental, awesome yet highly readable book...Carpenter is
the foremost scholar of England's 13th century, and his spectacular
erudition shines on every page... Above all, he has narrative gifts
that root this history of our medieval country in reality rather
than in romance, and makes the lives of our distant forebears feel
as comprehensible as our own."-Simon Heffer, Daily
Telegraph
"You are in for a colourful ride...Yale University Press is to be
congratulated on allowing Carpenter to explore so many aspects of
13th-century English government at such length. The glorious
details - lamprey cooking included - are what make it a
pleasure."-Dominic Selwood, Spectator
"[A] major new biography"-BBC History Magazine
"Carpenter's view of Henry is essentially a benign one: he sees him
as a generous and well-meaning man...It is a persuasive view. This
is a magisterial biography, authoritative and yet
accessible."-Nigel Saul, History Today
"[F]ull of good judgment in good prose"-Christopher Howse,
Spectator [Books of the Year]
"Outstanding. Through sustained scholarship Carpenter provides
the reader with all sorts of insights into the decisions and daily
experience of this ambitious and complex medieval king."-Michael
Clanchy, author of England and its Rulers
"This brilliant study by a leading historian of medieval
England brings together a lifetime of research in a masterly way.
Henry III is treated with humane understanding while his political
failings and absence of a proper sense of priorities are emphasised
with admirable clarity. Vivid and highly readable, this is a book
of major significance." -Michael Prestwich, author of Edward I
"Rooted in his unrivalled understanding of the primary
sources, Carpenter has created a sparkling and compelling narrative
of this little-known English king."-Stephen Church, author of Henry
III
"A monumental achievement. Never before has England's place in the
wider history of medieval Europe been revealed on quite this epic
scope, and with so sharp an eye for personalities. Revisiting fifty
years of history, Carpenter reveals Henry III - a supposedly
'non-descript king' - as one of the more fascinating failures ever
to have sat on the English throne."-Nicholas Vincent, author of A
Brief History of Britain 1066-1485
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