Edward II (Penguin Monarchs) : The Terrors of Kingship
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Penguin Monarchs
ISBN-10
0141989912
ISBN-13
9780141989914
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 4th, 2019
Print length
160 Pages
Weight
100 grams
Dimensions
18.00 x 11.00 x 0.80 cms
Product Classification:
Englandc 1000 CE to c 1500c 1154 to c 1485 (Plantagenet and Angevin period)14th century, c 1300 to c 1399Biography: historical, political & militaryBiography: royaltyBiography: historical, political and militaryBiography: royaltyBritish & Irish historyMedieval historyHistoryEuropean history
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''He seems to have laboured under an almost child-like misapprehension about the size of his world. Had greatness not been thrust upon him, he might have lived a life of great harmlessness.''
The reign of Edward II was a succession of disasters. Unkingly, inept in war, and in thrall to favourites, he preferred digging ditches and rowing boats to the tedium of government. His infatuation with a young Gascon nobleman, Piers Gaveston, alienated even the most natural supporters of the crown. Hoping to lay the ghost of his soldierly father, Edward I, he invaded Scotland and suffered catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Bannockburn. After twenty ruinous years, betrayed and abandoned by most of his nobles and by his wife and her lover, Edward was imprisoned in Berkeley Castle and murdered - the first English king since the Norman Conquest to be deposed.
The reign of Edward II was a succession of disasters. Unkingly, inept in war, and in thrall to favourites, he preferred digging ditches and rowing boats to the tedium of government. His infatuation with a young Gascon nobleman, Piers Gaveston, alienated even the most natural supporters of the crown. Hoping to lay the ghost of his soldierly father, Edward I, he invaded Scotland and suffered catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Bannockburn. After twenty ruinous years, betrayed and abandoned by most of his nobles and by his wife and her lover, Edward was imprisoned in Berkeley Castle and murdered - the first English king since the Norman Conquest to be deposed.
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