DESMOND SEWARD was born in Paris and educated at Ampleforth and Cambridge. He has written numerous history books including Napoleon and Hitler, The Wars of the Roses, Richard III: England’s Black Legend and The Monks of War—the first general history of the military religious orders, from their foundation until the present day, to appear since the eighteenth century.

Praise for The Hundred Years War

‘Born in France, educated in England, and blessed with a talent for presenting historical facts in an accessible narrative, Seward seems an ideal author for recounting this very complex period. He has mixed intimate detail with major political and military events to achieve a book that is both accurate and concise without becoming pedantic or overtly nationalistic.’

The Antioch Review

‘A lively account of The Hundred Years War . . . Gracefully written, amply illustrated, well endowed with battle charts, genealogical tables, and maps, the book should find an appreciative audience among the general public.’

Choice

‘With a propulsive narrative thrust Desmond Seward unfolds the events of this seminal period in the development of both English and French nationalism in a way that will delight the general reader and not offend the scholarly specialist.’

Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.)

‘Desmond Seward has written a brief, comprehensive narrative which focuses on the reality of the war without losing sight of its romantic by-products . . . The Hundred Years War is a well-written history that speaks directly to many of the crises of the twentieth century. Seward has the skill to make these parallels apparent and the restraint not to labor them.’

St. Louis Globe-Democrat