BIBFRAME Work

Title

The knight who saved England

Other Titles (e.g. Variant)

William Marshal and the French invasion, 1217

Type

• Monograph
• Text

Contribution

• Brooks, Richard, 1949- (author)

Subject

• Lincoln, Battle of, Lincoln, England, 1217 (LCSH)
• Pembroke, William Marshal, Earl of, 1144?-1219 (LCNAF)
• Knights and knighthood--England (LCSH)
• Pembroke, William Marshal, Earl of, 1144?-1219--Military leadership. (LCSH)
• Regents--Great Britain (LCSH)
• Great Britain--History--Angevin period, 1154-1216 (LCSH)
• Great Britain--History--John, 1199-1216 (LCSH)

Genre Form

• Biographies (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Illustrative Content

• maps
• illustrations
• plates

Classification

• LCC: DA209.P4 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• DDC: 942.033

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"In 1217 England was facing her darkest hour, with foreign troops pillaging the country and defeat close at hand. But, at the battle of Lincoln, the seventy-year-old William Marshal led his men to a victory that would secure the future of his nation. Earl of Pembroke, right-hand man to three kings and regent for a fourth, Marshal was one of the most celebrated men in Europe, yet is virtually unknown today, his impact and influence largely forgotten. In this vivid account, the author blends colourful contemporary source material with new insights to uncover the tale of this unheralded icon. He traces the rise of Marshal from penniless younger son to renowned knight, national hero and defender of the Magna Carta. What emerges is a fascinating story of a man negotiating the brutal realities of medieval warfare and the conflicting demands of chivalric ideals, and who against the odds defeated the joint French and rebel forces in arguably the most important battle in medieval English history--overshadowing even Agincourt"--Back cover.

Table of Contents

Chronology -- Angevin inheritance -- Finest knight -- Before the longbow -- King John and the Dauphin -- William's war -- Lincoln fair -- The Battle of Sandwich and the Treaty of Kingston -- Nunc Dimittis -- Glossary.

Authorized Access Point

Brooks, Richard, 1949-. The knight who saved England

Geographic Coverage

• England
• Great Britain

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:14:23.725623+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23983026

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• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
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