David Green is senior lecturer in British studies and history, Harlaxton College, and a regular speaker on medieval history at conferences and seminars in the U.K., Ireland, and the U.S.
"This is not a traditional narrative account of the Hundred Years
War, but a fresh look at the vital, vibrant and brutal changes
brought about by more than a century of conflict. . ."—The Good
Book Guide
"Green writes with sensitivity, intelligence and an eye for detail.
He passes rapidly over the events of the war (elsewhere often
recounted as a history of boys with medieval toys), before settling
upon a series of themes: the worlds of thought and action;
peasants; women and prisoners; and national stereotypes."—Nick
Vincent, BBC History Magazine
"Green has brought together all the elements of the Hundred Years
War . . . in an eminently readable book."—Anne Curry, History
Today
"Well-presented and well-researched material . . . both detailed
and accessible, and further assisted by a simple chronology of
events, a glossary, a note on money, two royal family trees and
five clear maps."—Livia Visser-Fuchs, The Ricardian
“Magisterial [. . .] This volume forms a welcome addition to the
subject, engages with an extensive literature, and through its
intelligent balance of chronological and thematic strands provides
a nuanced view of the nature of this protracted conflict”—Adam
Chapman, War in History Book Reviews
"This is war painted on a broad canvas, analytical as well as
descriptive, emphasizing the social, political, military and
economic effects of a long conflict in which people are never
forgotten."—Christopher Allmand, author of The Hundred Years
War: England and France at War, c.1300-c.1450
"David Green has given us a new Hundred Years War, taking us beyond
the campaign trail and the battlefield and into the lives and
cultures of the people who lived through this greatest of medieval
endurance tests. Green’s brilliant evocation of the period, his eye
for telling detail, and his powerful narrative voice serve to
transform the history of war and nationhood in later medieval
England and France."—W. Mark Ormrod, author of Edward III
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