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Edward III: A Heroic Failure

By Jonathan Sumption

Book information

Publisher
Penguin UK
Year
2016
ISBN
0241184207, 9780241184202
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
9 MB (9708181 bytes)
Series
Penguin Monarchs
Pages
112\0
Time added
2017-05-10 17:32:53
Great Britain;Europe;Historical;Biographies & Memo

Description

Edward III lived through bloody and turbulent times. His father was deposed by his mother and her lover when he was still a teenager; a third of England's population was killed by the Black Death midway through his reign; and the intractable Hundred Years War with France began under his leadership. Yet Edward managed to rule England for 50 years, and was viewed as a paragon of kingship in the eyes of both his contemporaries and later generations. Venerated as the victor of Sluys and Crécy and the founder of the Order of the Garter, he was regarded with awe even by his enemies. But he lived too long, and was ultimately condemned to see thirty years of conquests reversed in less than five.

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