Perfect King - The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation

Informationen zum Autor Dr Ian Mortimer is the Sunday Times -bestselling author of the Time Traveller's Guides to Medieval England , Elizabethan England , Restoration Britain and Regency Britain , as well as four critically acclaimed medieval biographies. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1998. His work on the social history of medicine won the Alexander Prize in 2004 and was published by the Royal Historical Society in 2009. He lives with his wife and three children in Moretonhampstead, on the edge of Dartmoor. Klappentext From the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, comes the story of King Edward III, who - like Elizabeth and Victoria after him - embodied the values of his age, forged a nation out of war and re-made England. He ordered his uncle to be beheaded; Zusammenfassung From the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, comes the story of King Edward III, who - like Elizabeth and Victoria after him - embodied the values of his age, forged a nation out of war and re-made England. He ordered his uncle to be beheaded;

Product details

• Authors: Ian Mortimer
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.07.2008
• EAN: 9780099527091
• ISBN: 978-0-09-952709-1
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; England, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Biography: royalty, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, 14th century, c 1300 to c 1399, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval