Hachette India

Richard the Lionheart

David Miller

King Richard I's personal bravery on the battlefield won him the name 'Lionheart' but as David Miller reveals his battles and campaigns demonstrate a brilliant grasp of strategy and tactics. The 'Lionheart' was no mere medieval 'head banger' but a thoughtful military leader the only Crusader commander who managed to get an army to Palestine without going bankrupt in the process.>

Classification : History
Pub Date : JAN 1, 2007
Imprint : Orion
Page Extent : 224
Binding : PB
ISBN : 9780753818800
Price : INR 699

David Miller

David Miller served in the British Army from 1956 to 1991 but took early retirement to become a journalist and to write books. He has had over 40 books published on subjects ranging from the Samurai through the Battle ofWaterloo to the Cold War and from a shipwreck in the Falkland Islands to the Crusades. Working on the latter book revived his interest in Richard the Lionheart one of the greatest warrior-kings England has ever known.