About
I have been interested in Australian football, and in particular its history, for well in excess of half a century. Between January 2001 and December 2011 I ran a website called Full Points Footy which was devoted to the Australia-wide history of the game. Much of the original Full Points Footy content can now be viewed on www.australianfootball.com, a website maintained by Adam Cardosi with a similar agenda to FPF. I continue to update the club entries on Adam’s site on an annual basis. My latest website, Footy Flashbacks, explores Australian football history all across Australia on a year by year basis. Content is restricted to the twentieth century, which I firmly believe will come to be regarded as football’s pre-eminent era. In addition to my online work I have published eleven books about Australian football, plus several novels.
Description
<p><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only fourteen when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next ten years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors, and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the Merciless Parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the King alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his.</span><br /><span class="a-text-bold" style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;">B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree!</span></p>
Story Behind The Book
Australian football match reviews and player profiles in the context of world and Australian historical events and developments during the first quarter of the twentieth century. The book concentrates especially on football in its heartland of Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.
