EDWARD IV by Keith Dockray ( 9781781554166 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

EDWARD IV
FROM CONTEMPORARY CHRONICLES, LETTERS AND RECORDS

By:

Keith Dockray

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1781554161

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9781781554166

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Publisher:

FONTHILL MEDIA

Pub. date:

1 August, 2014

Pages:

224

Description:

Was Edward IV lazy and licentious preferring his mistresses to his ministers or was he a wise and successful monarch? This study presents contemporary and near-contemporary sources enabling the reader to appreciate why his reputation has fluctuated so markedly and provides and indispensable compendium for all who wish to understand Yorkist England.

Synopsis:

Edward IV (king from 1461-83), so often overshadowed by his younger brother and eventual successor Richard III is a controversial figure in his own right. Was he a lazy and licentious lightweight who much preferred his mistresses to his minsters and had little taste for the arduous day-to-day business of government? Or was he, rather, a wise and successful monarch who laid the foundations for over a century of Tudor rule? This documentary study by the co-author of Richard III in the same series, presents contemporary and near-contemporary sources for Edward IV and his reign, enabling the reader to appreciate why the king's reputation has fluctuated so markedly, and provides and indispensable compendium for all who wish to enter the political world of Yorkist England.

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20 black and white

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Fonthill Media

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