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Edward III (Penguin Monarchs): A Heroic Failure by England King Edward III.;King of England Edward III;Sumption, Jonathan is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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 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 fifty 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. In this gripping new account of Edward III's rise and fall, Jonathan Sumption introduces us to a fêted king who ended his life a heroic failure.

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Author

England King Edward III.;King of England Edward III;Sumption, Jonathan

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd;Allen Lane

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780241184219

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Historical, Fiction