John, King of England. The most insidious monarch of medieval Europe

John T. Elbby, the author of a series of biographies of the English kings of the XI -XIII centuries, on the pages of his book recreates the era of the reign of John the Land -Military - the son of the great Henry II and the brother of Richard the Lion"s Heart, who ended up in the shadow of the famous predecessors and gained glory to the traitor and crazy tyrant.
The historian describes the environment and court of John, paying special attention to the features of the life of that time, talks about clashes with the nobility, confrontation with the French king and a conflict with the Roman Catholic Church, which almost ended with the adoption of Islam for all subjects of the echoing monarch.
revealing the contradictory nature of King John, Elbby does not clearly give a negative assessment of his deeds, describing him not only as a tyrant and a usurper, but also as a person who loved life in all its manifestations