John (Penguin Monarchs): An Evil King?
King John ruled England for seventeen and a half years, yet his entire reign is usually reduced to one image: of the villainous monarch outmanoeuvred by rebellious barons into agreeing to Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215. Ever since, John has come to be seen as an archetypal tyrant. But how evil was he?
Nicholas Vincent
- Penguin Books Ltd
- 9780141999388
- 160 pages
- Paperback / softback
- United Kingdom
- Biography: royalty
