Thomas Asbridge
1) The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
In The Greatest Knight, renowned historian Thomas Asbridge draws upon the thirteenth-century biography and an array of other contemporary evidence to present a compelling account of William Marshal's life and times. Asbridge charts the unparalleled rise to prominence of a man bound to a code of honor yet driven by unquenchable ambition. Marshal was the true Lancelot of his era-a peerless warrior and paragon of chivalry. As a five-year-old boy, William...