Despite this, Richard sought peace with France, ... Richard II by Nigel Saul, Yale UP 1997 by author (publisher, date) The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval England ed. Nigel Saul ...

Barbara Newman writes that the planned French invasion of England in 1386 involved ten thousand mounted knights and a hundred thousand foot soldiers (LRB, 20 March).Armies of such numbers were ...

RICHARD II is played by Ben Whishaw, ... As the guards break them apart RICHARD tells her to go back to France and think of him as dead. NORTHUMBERLAND orders the QUEEN to France.

Richard was born at Bordeaux in France on 6th January 1367, the son of Edward the 'Black Prince' (eldest son of King Edward III) and Joan, called the 'Fair Maid of Kent'.The death of his elder brother ...