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We Three Kings: King Richard II, King Henry IV and King Henry V
We Three Kings: King Richard II, King Henry IV and King Henry V
We Three Kings: King Richard II, King Henry IV and King Henry V
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This book covers the lives of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V from 1377-1422 A.D. and is sub-titled, “Bad King, Fair King and Good King?” The challenge is to decide which of these three kings was really the good king. The scholars will tell you that Henry V was a great king because of the large portion of France that he managed to conquer. But the fine print in history tells a different story, one of suffering, brutality and needless slaughter. The book challenges the concept of “greatness” and forces the reader to examine history more carefully.

The deeds of these three kings are brought to life through the eyes of two Irish brothers. One is a scribe and one an archer. They travel the endless miles with their kings and record all that happened so that the reader can come to know these men through the eyes of two different men.

The two Irish brothers eventually retire to Ireland as old and spent men, but not until they have survived many skirmishes with the Welsh, the Battles of Shrewsbury, Agincourt, and many sieges in France. They are there when Henry IV has Archbishop Scrope beheaded and they suffer through unending money shortages that plagued all three kings. They are the eyes, ears, and noses of history that tell us what is thought to have really happened. They knew the trench people and could smell the stench of their rotting bodies. They saw men fall from dysentery and other diseases, all so that one man might call himself “King of all France.”

These fellows might have been your ancestors living at that time. If they could speak to you today, they might say something about learning from these three kings and avoiding their mistakes. All men in government should read this book and use it as a lesson in what not to do.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 14, 2011
ISBN9781458038166
We Three Kings: King Richard II, King Henry IV and King Henry V
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N. Beetham Stark

Nellie Beetham Stark was born November 20, 1933, in Norwich, Connecticut to Theodore and Dorothy Pendleton Beetham. She attended the Norwich Free Academy and later Connecticut College in New London, CT before graduating with a MA and a Ph.D. degree in Botany (Ecology) from Duke University.Stark worked for the U.S. Forest Service as a botanist for six years and then joined the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada where she worked on desert and forest ecology and later tropical nutrient cycling. She has consulted in many countries, working for some time in Russia, Australia and South America. She developed the theory that explains why tropical white sand soils cannot grow good food crops and described the decline processes of soils. She has also developed a science of surethology, or survival behavior which describes how humans must adapt to their environments if they hope to survive long term. She has 96 professional publications and has published in four languages.Her life long hobby has been English history, with emphasis on naval history. Her family came originally from Tristan Da Cunha in the South Atlantic in the early 1900’s. Her grandfather was a whale ship captain for a time which spurred her interest in naval history. She also paints pictures of sailing ships which she has used as covers for her historical novels. She has built several scale models of sailing ships and does extensive research on ships and naval history, traveling to England once yearly.Stark was awarded the Connecticut Medal by Connecticut College in 1986 and the Distinguished Native Daughter Award for South Eastern Connecticut in 1985. She was named outstanding Forestry Professor three times by the students of the University of Montana, School of Forestry.Today she writes historical novels, mostly set in England. She has published some 21 novels in the past twenty years, mostly on the internet. She lives on a farm in Oregon and raises hay and cows.Stark's two most popular book series are:Early Irish-English History1. The Twins of Torsh, 44 A.D. to 90 A.D.1. Rolf "The Red" MacCanna, 796-8462. An Irishman's Revenge, 1066-11124. Brothers 4, 1180-12165. Edward's Right Hand, 1272-13076. We Three Kings, 1377-1422The Napoleonic Wars at Sea (Benjamin Rundel)1. Humble Launching - A Story of a Little Boy Growing Up at Sea, 17872. Midshipman Rundel - The Wandering Midshipman, 17953. Mediterranean Madness - The Luckless Leftenant Rundel, 17974. The Adventures of Leftenant Rundel, 1797-17995. Forever Leftenant Rundel, 1800-18036. Captain Rundel I – Trafalgar and Beyond, 1803-18067. Captain Rundel II – Give Me a Fair Wind, 1806-18098. Captain Rundel III – Bend Me a Sail, 1810-18139. Admiral Rundel – 1814-1846

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