Thomas Becket

by David Knowles

Book by Knowles, David

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography

194 pages, Hardcover

First published November 12, 1970

About the author

Fr. David Knowles, OSB, FRHistS was born Michael Clive Knowles and was given the name 'David' when he joined the Order of Benedict in 1923. He was a historian and professor at University of Cambridge from 1947 to 1968 and served as president of the Royal Historical Society from 1957 to 1961.

*Note: there is more than one author named 'David Knowles,' however this particular individual is the most widely published.

Reviews

[Relstuart · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is by a scholar and perhaps other scholars are his main audience. The author delves into the other people around Becket. To be honest I felt like I learned more about Becket and his story in the biography I finished reading recently on Queen Eleanor by Alison Wier but this added some background that the other book did not have.