--- product_id: 9871004 title: "Chronicles" price: "£23.07" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/9871004-chronicles store_origin: GB region: Great Britain --- # Chronicles **Price:** £23.07 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Chronicles - **How much does it cost?** £23.07 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/9871004-chronicles) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Chronicles [Froissart, Jean, Brereton, Geoffrey] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Chronicles Review: Love Medieval History - I bought this book for a course in Medieval History that I am taking as a "lifelong learner" at my local college. Professor likes to use primary sources. This is a classic: affordable, with all the best stuff. Review: Beautiful work - The descriptions of battles, duels to the death, and bouts of intrigue are very engrossing. A must-read, to be sure. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #390,195 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #266 in England History #4,990 in Military History (Books) #8,967 in World History (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (150) | | Dimensions | 7.76 x 5.18 x 0.89 inches | | Edition | Reprint | | ISBN-10 | 0140442006 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0140442007 | | Item Weight | 12 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 496 pages | | Publication date | April 27, 1978 | | Publisher | Penguin Classics | | Reading age | 18 years and up | ## Images ![Chronicles - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61ueXha8o0L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love Medieval History *by P***C on November 20, 2018* I bought this book for a course in Medieval History that I am taking as a "lifelong learner" at my local college. Professor likes to use primary sources. This is a classic: affordable, with all the best stuff. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful work *by L***. on August 17, 2016* The descriptions of battles, duels to the death, and bouts of intrigue are very engrossing. A must-read, to be sure. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Classic Chronicles *by D***S on June 23, 2011* Right. So, this Penguin Classics version of Froissart, the great French historian, is heavily abridged, selectively abridged, I should say, so that it concentrates almost exclusively on France and England during what is now called the Hundred Years War during the Fourteenth Century. I'm with most of the other reviewers here in wishing that it were not abridged, but if one is going to abridge it and to translate it for an English-reading audience, as Geoffrey Brereton has so masterfully done here, this is the way to do it. The first thing that will probably strike the modern reader of The Chronicles is the aristocratic tone of it and the long lists of - mostly forgettable - nobles who appear in each battle and the disregard, indeed, distrust and fear of the masses. It may seem to the modern ear like sycophancy, but the reader would do well to remember the old adage that, "The past is a different country. They do things differently there." Further, Froissart has a point, when he recounts in horror of the uprising of the Jacquerie that, "When they were asked why they did these things, they replied that they did not know; it was because they saw others doing them and they copied them. They thought that by such means they could destroy all the nobles and gentry in the world, so that there would be no more of them..." Most of the Western World now would sympathise with the Jacquerie, just as it sympathises with the "Arab Spring" which is ongoing as I write this, but it is worth one's while to consider the other side of the coin and to try viewing these current uprisings as Froissart would have. We don't know, and probably shan't for some time, how these things will come round in the end. It is worth noting that, towards the end of this edition, in covering the internecine strife in England under Richard II, most famous to English readers through Shakespeare's play, that Froissart unequivocally notes that beneath all the regality and nobility so prominently on display in the wars and grand events, that, "the citizens of London, who are rich and powerful, and draw their living chiefly from merchandise sent over land and sea, which enables them to live in great prosperity, are the real leaders of the kingdom, without whom the rest of the country would neither dare nor be able to do anything." But the overarching theme of Froissart is that of any historian who has studied and lived through human affairs and reflected deeply upon them: The passing nature of all that is deemed glorious by men in this world. As he reflects on the fortunes of the corrupt official Betisac and the Fate which quickly turned upon him: "But it must be supposed that Fortune played him this trick, so that when he thought himself most securely seated on top of her wheel, she spun him down into the mud - as she has done to thousands of others since the world began." And as she will do, he might have added, to thousands of others yet to be born. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/9871004-chronicles](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/9871004-chronicles) --- *Product available on Desertcart Great Britain* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-01*