A great and Terrible King: Edward I and he Forging of Great Britain
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English
Author
Marc Morris
Title
A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain
ISBN
9780099481751
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This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king.
Edward I is familiar to millions as 'Longshanks', conqueror of Scotland and nemesis of Sir William Wallace ('Braveheart'). His reign was one of the most dramatic of the entire Middle Ages, leading to unprecedented war and conquest, and leaving a legacy of division that has lasted from his day to our own.
In his astonishingly action-packed life, Edward defeated and killed the famous Simon de Montfort in battle; travelled to the Holy Land on crusade; conquered Wales, extinguishing for ever its native rulers, and constructed - at Conwy, Harlech, Beaumaris and Caernarfon - the most magnificent chain of castles ever created. After the death of his first wife he erected the Eleanor Crosses - the grandest funeral monuments ever fashioned for an English monarch.
