{"product_id":"the-greatest-knight-9781471196447","title":"The Greatest Knight","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A rip-roaring new life of Marshal … [a] splendid account of a great medieval life' Dan Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eCrusaders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A thoroughly entertaining account of England’s most colourful and courageous medieval knight’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Drawing upon an array of contemporary evidence, renowned historian Thomas Asbridge’s \u003cb\u003eauthoritative and dramatic\u003c\/b\u003e account brings to life the often overlooked figure of \u003cb\u003eWilliam Marshal\u003c\/b\u003e, a man who not only served at the right hand of five English monarchs but also helped negotiate the terms of \u003cb\u003eMagna Carta\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Charting the unparalleled rise to prominence of a man bound to a code of honour, yet driven by unquenchable ambition, this knight's tale lays bare the brutish realities of \u003cb\u003emedieval warfare\u003c\/b\u003e and the machinations of the royal court, and draws us into the heart of a formative period of our history: when the West emerged from the Dark Ages","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408699203927,"sku":"9781471196447","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781471196447.jpg?v=1730503862","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-greatest-knight-9781471196447","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}