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Edward II (Penguin Monarchs)

Edward II (Penguin Monarchs)
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : 9780141977973
ISBN-13 : 0141977973
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Download or read book Edward II (Penguin Monarchs) written by Christopher Given-Wilson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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.


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