The English Monarchs Series: Edward the Confessor (Paperback)

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I often founder on histories of the Dark Ages, given the obstacles presented by the sketchy documentation and the unfamiliar political structure (such as it was). This book manoeuvered through some of these problems with a measure of success. The author does an extraordinary job of setting out ho...

from john257hopper

An extremely well researched book, the standard work on this Anglo-Saxon king, surely definitive until and unless a major new primary source is unearthed. But it is very readable and not dry for the most part - slightly more esoteric or specialist material is saved for footnotes (at the bottom of...

from john257hopper

An extremely well researched book, the standard work on this Anglo-Saxon king, surely definitive until and unless a major new primary source is unearthed. But it is very readable and not dry for the most part - slightly more esoteric or specialist material is saved for footnotes (at the bottom of...