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.
9781400069071 (alk. paper) 9780679603412 (ebook)
2011042794
Thomas, aÌ Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170.
Christian martyrs--England--Biography. Christian saints--England--Biography. Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography.
Great Britain--History--Henry II, 1154-1189--Biography.