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a heroic failure

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An edition of Edward III (2016)

Edward III

a heroic failure

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Edward III lived through bloody and turbulent times. His father was deposed by his mother and her lover when he was a teenager; a third of England's population was killed by the Black Death during his reign and the 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 by both his contemporaries and later generations: the triumphant victor of the battles of Sluys and Crécy; the founder of the Order of the Garter; his court the most famous center of chivalry in Europe. Jonathan Sumption's gripping new account of Edward's rise and fall brings to life a figure who was impulsive and warmongering, but also companionable, generous and addicted to practical jokes. He thirsted too much for glory, lived too long, and was condemned to see thirty years of conquests reversed in less than five, leaving his realm riven by internal disorder. Ultimately, Sumption shows us, Edward died a heroic failure. - Jacket flap.

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Edward III: a heroic failure
2016, Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books
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Table of Contents

Genealogical table
Edward of Windsor (1312-1330)
The challenge of war (1330-1337)
King of France (1337-1347)
Prince of chivalry (1347-1360)
Decline and fall (1360-1377)
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Edition Notes

Published in
London
Series
Penguin monarchs
Copyright Date
2016

Classifications

Library of Congress
DA233, DA233 .S86 2016

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
127 p. : [8] unnumbered p. of plates
Dimensions
19 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26232555M
ISBN 10
0241184207
ISBN 13
9780241184202
OCLC/WorldCat
950962675

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