{"product_id":"9780241380437-henry-iii-penguin-monarchs","title":"Henry III (Penguin Monarchs)","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Simple and God-Fearing King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Most contemporaries would have argued that it was a king's job to  put in peril his soul for the good of his Church and of his people. But  Henry was too determined to live a life of a saint'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry  III, the son of King John, was catapulted onto the throne aged just nine  and reigned for fifty-six years, during which time his self-conscious  piety often put him at odds with those around him. Yet as this sparkling  account makes clear, he deserves to be better known: for the birth of  Parliament, the building of Westminster Abbey, and the development of a  kingdom that still recognizably exists today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943452323937,"sku":"9780241380437","price":7.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34323283.jpg?v=1747267519","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241380437-henry-iii-penguin-monarchs","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}