I picked this up at the Canterbury Cathedral shop. Excellent read and food for thought with lots of gaming possibilities. Ok knights hacking down un armed clergy doesn't make a great war-game, but the back story sure has possibilities!
The cast of characters is larger than life St Thomas, Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine. It really calls out for Hollywood epics staring Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole and Katherine Hepburn (oh wait, they did that). The author gives really good coverage of the 12th century - the reign of Henry I, the tragedy of the White Ship, the civil wars of Stephen and Matilda and then the Angevin empire. The Cliff Notes histories focus on Becket the Archbishop and Martyr but he was much more before that. Plus there's lots of potential for medieval warfare on both small and large scales.
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