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  • Edward II (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Terrors of Kingship

    by Christopher Given-Wilson ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    'He seems to have laboured under an almost child-like misapprehension about the size of his world. Had greatness not been thrust upon him, he might have lived a life of great harmlessness.'The reign of Edward II was a succession of disasters. Unkingly, inept in war, and in thrall to favourites, he preferred digging ditches and rowing boats to the tedium of government. His infatuation with a young ... Read more

    $6.19 USD

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  • Henry VI (Penguin Monarchs)

    by James Ross ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Henry VI, son of the all-conquering Henry V, was one of the least able and least successful of English kings. His long reign, which started when he was only nine months old, ended in catastrophe, with the loss of England's territories in France and a bankrupt England's long decline into civil war: the wars of the Roses. Yet, failure though Henry undoubtedly was, he remains an enigma. Was he always ... Read more

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  • Stephen (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Reign of Anarchy

    by Carl Watkins ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Known as 'the anarchy', the reign of Stephen (1135-1141) saw England plunged into a civil war that illuminated the fatal flaw in the powerful Norman monarchy, that without clear rules ordering succession, conflict between members of William the Conqueror's family were inevitable. But there was another problem, too: Stephen himself.With the nobility of England and Normandy anxious about the ... Read more

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  • Henry III (Penguin Monarchs)

    A Simple and God-Fearing King

    by Stephen Church ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Henry III was a medieval king whose long reign continues to have a profound impact on us today. He was on the throne for 56 years and during this time England was transformed from being the private play-thing of a French speaking dynasty into a medieval state in which the king answered for his actions to an English parliament, which emerged during Henry's lifetime.Despite Henry's central ... Read more

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  • Charles II (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Star King

    by Clare Jackson ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulersCharles II has always been one of the most instantly recognisable British kings - both in his physical appearance, disseminated through endless portraits, prints and pub signs, and in his complicated mix of lasciviousness, cynicism and luxury. His father's execution and his own many years of exile made him a ... Read more

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  • William IV (Penguin Monarchs)

    A King at Sea

    by Roger Knight ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    William IV, the 'Sailor King', reigned for just seven years. Rash and impetuous as a young man, he was sent to join the navy by his father, George III, to bring him to order, but he was overpromoted at an early age and saw his years of active service marked by a series of calamities. He was also notorious for his mounting debts and his long relationship with the actress Mrs Jordan, with whom he ... Read more

    $6.19 USD