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Edward III: A Heroic Failure

Edward III: A Heroic Failure

Sumption, Jonathan

Hardcover

Series: Penguin Monarchs

Biographies GeneralHistorical FiguresBritish History

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ISBN10: 0241184207
ISBN13: 9780241184202
Publisher: Allen Lane
Published: Oct 1 2016
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.70 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.20
Language: English
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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