Edward IV: the summer king
In 1461 Edward earl of March, a handsome eighteen-year old of massive charisma and ability, usurped the English throne from his vacant Lancastrian predecessor Henry VI. Ten years on, following outbreaks of civil conflict that culminated in him losing, then regaining the crown, he had finally secured his kingdom. The years that followed witnessed a period of rule that has been described as a golden age: a time of peace and economic and industrial expansion, which saw the establishment of a style…
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- Full title :Edward IV : the summer king / A.J. Pollard.
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In 1461 Edward earl of March, a handsome eighteen-year old of massive charisma and ability, usurped the English throne from his vacant Lancastrian predecessor Henry VI. Ten years on, following outbreaks of civil conflict that culminated in him losing, then regaining the crown, he had finally secured his kingdom. The years that followed witnessed a period of rule that has been described as a golden age: a time of peace and economic and industrial expansion, which saw the establishment of a style of strong monarchy that the Tudors would make their own. Yet, argues A.J. Pollard, Edward, who squandered his undoubted talents in a frenzy of sexual and epicurean excess, was a man of limited vision, his reign remaining to the very end the narrow rule of a victorious faction in civil war. Ultimately, his failure was dynastic: barely two months after his death in April 1483, his young son and heir was usurped by Edward's youngest brother, Richard III.
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- Publication Date:2016.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2016.
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 133 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 18 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780141978697, 0141978694
- oclc:ocn958060731
- LC Classification:DA258
- Dewey Decimal:942.04/4
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