The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation by Ian Mortimer

The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation

Ian Mortimer

560 pages first pub 2006 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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He ordered his uncle to be beheaded; he usurped his father's throne; he taxed his people more than any other previous king, and he started a war which lasted for more than a hundred years. Yet for centuries Edward III (1327-77) was celebrated as t...

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