Greatest Knight

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The story of the largely forgotten William Marshal Pembroke of the English medieval period, who, "as a five-year-old boy ... was sentenced to execution and led to the gallows, yet this landless younger son survived his brush with death, and went on to train as a medieval knight. Against all odds, [he] rose through the ranks--serving at the right hand of five English monarchs--to become a celebrated tournament champion, a baron and politician and, ultimately, regent of the realm"--Amazon.com.

subjects: Knights and knighthood,  Biography,  History,  Statesmen, biography,  Statesmen, great britain,  Pembroke, william marshal, earl of, 1144?-1219,  Great britain, history, medieval period, 1066-1485,  Regents,  Medieval,  General,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY,  Historical