In the second volume of his celebrated history of the Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption examines the middle years of the fourteenth century and the succession of crises that threatened French affairs of state, including defeat at Poitiers and the capture of the king.
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Hundred Years War Vol 2: Trial by Fire is the second volume of Jonathan Sumption's hugely acclaimed history of the Hundred Years War, covering the middle years of the fourteenth century, including the French defeat at Poitiers and the capture of the king.
Jonathan Sumption is the author of Pilgrimage and The Albigensian Crusade, as well as his celebrated five-volume history of the Hundred Years War - Trial by Battle, Trial by Fire, Divided Houses, Cursed Kings and Triumph and Illusion. He was awarded the 2023 Franco-British Society Literary Award for Triumph and Illusion and the 2009 Wolfson History Prize for Divided Houses.
