Edward III : A Heroic Failure

Jonathan Sumption
Edward III : A Heroic Failure
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Edward III : A Heroic Failure
ISBN: 9780241184202
Publication Date: 26 May 2016

He was spontaneous, flamboyant, a hearty sportsman and a heavy drinker, with flashes of wit and no interest in conforming to contemporary stereotypes of kingship. But he was also completely devoid of political judgment.

About the Author

Jonathan Sumption is a former history fellow of Magdalen College Oxford. He is the author of Pilgrimage and The Albigensian Crusade, as well as the first four volumes in his celebrated history of the Hundred Years War, Trial by Battle, Trial by Fire, Divided Houses and Cursed Kings. He was awarded the 2009 Wolfson History Prize for Divided Houses.