The final volume of Jonathan Sumption’s epic history of the Hundred Years War, Triumph and Illusion tells the story of the collapse of the English dream of conquest and the remarkable personalities that played a part, including Charles VII of France, the captains Fastolf and Montagu who inspired Shakespeare, and Joan of Arc.

The eagerly anticipated fourth volume of Jonathan Sumption's prize-winning history of the Hundred Years War.

Covers the period from the Truce of Calais, in 1347, to the 1367 victory at Najera, and its aftermath.

This long-awaited third volume of Jonathan Sumption's monumental history of the war narrates the period from 1369 to 1393, a span marked by the slow decline of English fortunes and the subsequent rise of French ones.