EAGLE AND THE HART (RICHARD II AND HENRY IV) (HB)

Richard of Bordeaux and Henry Bolingbroke were first cousins, born just three months apart. When Richard was crowned King Richard II, Henry was at his side: a ten-year-old lord in the service of his ten-year-old king. Yet, they grew up to be opposites: Richard the white hart, a thin-skinned narcissist, and Henry the eagle, a chivalric hero. This book tells the story of one of the strangest and most fateful relationships in English history. It is a story about power, masculinity in crisis, and a nation brought to the brink of catastrophe.