Edward the Confessor :
Licence, Tom,
Edward the Confessor : last of the royal blood / Tom Licence. - vii, 332 pages ; illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm - The English monarchs series .
"One of the last kings of Anglo-Saxon England, Edward the Confessor regained the throne for the House of Wessex and is the only English monarch to have been canonized. Often cast as a reluctant ruler, easily manipulated by his in-laws, he has been blamed for causing the invasion of 1066—the last successful conquest of England by a foreign power. Tom Licence navigates the contemporary webs of political deceit to present a strikingly different Edward. He was a compassionate man and conscientious ruler, whose reign marked an interval of peace and prosperity between periods of strife. More than any monarch before, he exploited the mystique of royalty to capture the hearts of his subjects. This compelling biography provides a much-needed reassessment of Edward’s reign—calling into doubt the legitimacy of his successors and rewriting the ending of Anglo-Saxon England." - Book cover
9780300260823
GBC1C4440 bnb
020279552 Uk
Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Great Britain--History--Edward, the Confessor, 1042-1066.
942.019
Edward the Confessor : last of the royal blood / Tom Licence. - vii, 332 pages ; illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm - The English monarchs series .
"One of the last kings of Anglo-Saxon England, Edward the Confessor regained the throne for the House of Wessex and is the only English monarch to have been canonized. Often cast as a reluctant ruler, easily manipulated by his in-laws, he has been blamed for causing the invasion of 1066—the last successful conquest of England by a foreign power. Tom Licence navigates the contemporary webs of political deceit to present a strikingly different Edward. He was a compassionate man and conscientious ruler, whose reign marked an interval of peace and prosperity between periods of strife. More than any monarch before, he exploited the mystique of royalty to capture the hearts of his subjects. This compelling biography provides a much-needed reassessment of Edward’s reign—calling into doubt the legitimacy of his successors and rewriting the ending of Anglo-Saxon England." - Book cover
9780300260823
GBC1C4440 bnb
020279552 Uk
Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Great Britain--History--Edward, the Confessor, 1042-1066.
942.019