{"product_id":"the-life-and-campaigns-of-the-black-prince-9780851154695","title":"The Life and Campaigns of the Black Prince","description":"\u003cb\u003eLetters, reports, campaign diaries and the chronicles of Geoffrey le Baker and Chandos Herald document the life and dazzling exploits of the legendary Black Prince.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdward of Woodstock, eldest son of Edward III, known as the Black Prince, is one of those heroes of history books so impressive as to seem slightly unreal. At sixteen he played a leading part in the fighting at Crécy; at twenty-six he captured the king of France at Poitiers; and eleven years later he restored Pedro of Castile to histhrone at the battle of Najera. His exploits were chronicled by Jean Froissart, but Froissart was writing three or four decades after the events he describes. There are other sources much closer to events, and it is on these that the present volume draws.\u003cbr\u003e    Most immediate are the reports sent home by the prince's companions-in-arms and his own letters, which graphically convey the hardships and difficulties of campaigning, its dangers and sheer fatigue. These are followed by campaign diaries and the story of Crécy and other exploits of the prince's from Geoffrey le Baker's chronicle (c.1358-60), itself drawing on similar letters and diaries. Finally there is the chronicle of Chandos Herald, which shows the prince as he appeared to an English writer in the 1380s. Each of the sources is discussed in detail in the introductions to the extracts.\u003cbr\u003e  RICHARD BARBER's books on the age of chivalry include \u003ci\u003eThe Knight and Chivalry, Edward Prince of Wales and Aquitaine, King Arthur: Hero and Legend\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArthurian Legends\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written the \u003ci\u003eCompanion Guide to Gascony and the Dordogne\u003c\/i\u003e, the background to so many of the Black Prince's exploits, and the \u003ci\u003ePenguin Guide to Medieval Europe\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Richard Barber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280452989179,"sku":"9780851154695","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9780851154695_e4101da6-5a92-436e-9f66-9b58423fccb7.jpg?v=1772483107","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-life-and-campaigns-of-the-black-prince-9780851154695","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}