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Guy, John, 1952 Nov. 17-

Thomas Becket : warrior, priest, rebel : a nine-hundred-year-old story retold / John Guy. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Random House, c2012. - xxii, 424 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ancestry -- Upbringing -- Politics -- Paris -- A fresh start -- Apprentice -- Into the limelight -- Arrival at court -- Royal minister -- Bureaucrat and judge -- Warrior -- A solitary man -- Render unto Caesar -- Archbishop -- A broken relationship -- Conversion -- The clash -- Clarendon -- Northampton -- Exile -- Attack and counter-attack -- Search for a settlement -- The case against Becket -- Cat and mouse -- A trial of strength -- Return to Canterbury -- Murder in the cathedral -- Aftermath -- Martyr.

ISBN: 9781400069071 (alk. paper) 9780679603412 (ebook)

LCCN: 2011042794

Subjects--Personal Names:
Thomas, aÌ Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christian martyrs--England--Biography.
Christian saints--England--Biography.
Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--History--Henry II, 1154-1189--Biography.

LC Class. No.: DA209.T4 / G89 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 942.03/1092 B