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Long Live the King: The Mysterious Fate of Edward II
by Kathryn Warner
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0750970111
- ISBN 13
- 9780750970112
- Seller
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San Antonio, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Long Live the King: The Mysterious Fate of Edward II
by Kathryn Warner
Hardcover Cloth 303 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 2017. Beautiful red boards and gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few tears and wrinkles. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
History tells us that Edward II died at Berkeley Castle in 1327 in agony, with a red-hot poker inserted inside him. This is one of the most famous and lurid tales in all of English history. But is it true? Much evidence exists to suggest that Edward did not die at Berkeley Castle at all, but was still alive years after his supposed death. Many influential people believed that he was alive and acted on their belief, including several earls, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop and Mayor of London, the Italian Bishop of Vercelli, and numerous lords and sheriffs.
In Long Live the King, medieval historian Kathryn Warner explores in detail Edward's downfall and forced abdication in 1326/27, the role played in it by his wife Isabella of France, the wide variation in chronicled accounts of his murder at Berkeley Castle, and the fascinating possibility that Edward was alive in Italy many years after his official funeral was held in Gloucester in December 1327.
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- Seller
- River House Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 656742
- Title
- Long Live the King: The Mysterious Fate of Edward II
- Author
- Kathryn Warner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0750970111
- ISBN 13
- 9780750970112
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Place of Publication
- Stroud, Gloucheshire
- Date Published
- 2017
- Pages
- 303
- Bookseller catalogs
- World History; First Editions;
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Have some dust jackets to sell? Drop me a line!
I ship domestically in the US using the Post Office and internationally using consolidation services. Books are always wrapped then packed in cardboard boxes with padding to protect the contents. International shipments are double boxed with shipping paperwork attached to the outside of the box using a special envelope. And a complete duplicate of all the paperwork packed inside the outer box in case the attached set wanders off.
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