The Real Falstaff: Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years' War

The Real Falstaff: Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years' War

by StephenCooper (Author)

Synopsis

A biography of Sir John Fastolf, tracing his long military career, as well as his role as a substantial Norfolk landowner and his interactions with the Pastons. A concluding chapter looks at the link with Shakespeare's Falstaff.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Published: 30 Sep 2010

ISBN 10: 184884123X
ISBN 13: 9781848841239

Author Bio
Stephen Cooper is an Oxford graduate, lawyer and civil servant who has previously written on life in eighteenth-century England and on English crime and criminals in the nineteenth century. But his main interest has always been in medieval history, and he has made a close study of the Hundred Years War and of mercenary warfare in medieval Italy. His most recent book is Sir John Hawkwood: Chivalry and the Art of War. He currently lives in Yorkshire.