The man who believed he was king of France : a true medieval tale / Tommaso Di Carpegna Falconieri ; translated by William McCuaig.

Replete with shady merchants, scoundrels, hungry mercenaries, scheming nobles, and maneuvering cardinals, The Man Who Believed He Was King of France proves the adage that truth is often stranger than fiction--or at least as entertaining. The setting of this improbable but beguiling tale is 1354 and...

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Main Author: Di Carpegna Falconieri, Tommaso
Format: eBook
Language:English
Italian
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Edition:[American ed.].
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Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Uomo che si credeva re di Francia.

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