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God and My Right

by Alfred Duggan

First published 1955

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Thomas Becket rises from a merchant household to become Henry II’s chancellor, companion and most effective royal servant. Their partnership strengthens the young king’s authority, but it also binds Becket’s advancement to a ruler who expects personal loyalty to outweigh institutional resistance.

When Henry makes him archbishop of Canterbury, Becket adopts the claims of his new office with uncompromising seriousness. Disputes over clerical justice, the Constitutions of Clarendon and Becket’s exile turn friendship into a struggle between crown and Church, ending with the archbishop’s murder in Canterbury Cathedral and Henry’s political humiliation. Some editions identify it as part of Methven’s Classic Historical Novels, but the novel’s title is simply God and My Right.

Historical Periods

Thomas Becket and Church–Crown Conflict1162–1170 CE

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Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Dynastic & Royal Fiction

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Henry II of England1133–1189 Thomas Becket

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