Written by the notable historian, Dame Veronica Wedgwood and originally published in the Collin's Pictures of Britain series, this book is an accessible text listing and explaining the major battles that occured within the British Isles from the Norman Conquest up to the 1940s.
This study explores the immense popularity of Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1 and 2, relating both plays to the society that produced them, and as contributions to more permanent political issues.