A Great and Terrible King

The first popular biography of Edward I in a generation by a major new historian.

Informationen zum Autor Dr Marc Morris is a historian who specializes in the Middle Ages. He studied and taught at the universities of London and Oxford and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His other books include a bestselling history of the Norman Conquest and highly acclaimed biographies of King John and Edward I ( A Great and Terrible King ). He also presented the TV series Castle and wrote its accompanying book. He contributes regularly to other history programmes on radio and television and writes for numerous journals and magazines. Klappentext Major new biography of the formidable king, familiar to many as the nemesis of Sir William Wallace. His reign led to war and conquest on an unprecedented scale, and left a legacy of division that still lasts to this day. Morris is a rising talent for Channel 4, and a potential rival for Starkey and Schama. Zusammenfassung conquered Wales, extinguishing forever its native rulers, and constructed - at Conwy, Harlech, Beaumaris and Caernarfon - the most magnificent chain of castles ever created.

Préface
The first popular biography of Edward I in a generation by a major new historian.

Auteur
Dr Marc Morris is a historian who specializes in the Middle Ages. He studied and taught at the universities of London and Oxford and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His other books include a bestselling history of the Norman Conquest and highly acclaimed biographies of King John and Edward I (A Great and Terrible King). He also presented the TV series Castle and wrote its accompanying book. He contributes regularly to other history programmes on radio and television and writes for numerous journals and magazines.

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Major new biography of the formidable king, familiar to many as the nemesis of Sir William Wallace. His reign led to war and conquest on an unprecedented scale, and left a legacy of division that still lasts to this day. Morris is a rising talent for Channel 4, and a potential rival for Starkey and Schama.

Résumé
conquered Wales, extinguishing forever its native rulers, and constructed - at Conwy, Harlech, Beaumaris and Caernarfon - the most magnificent chain of castles ever created.