A Great and Terrible King (Hardcover)

from Elysianfield

4.5 starsWell-written and balanced book. Edward's never been one of my favourite kings but this made me nearly like him at times.

from baswood

A well written and readable history of Edward 1. Morris successfully combines an historical academic approach with a more popular style that will hold the interest of most readers. There are over 50 pages of notes, which the actual text wears lightly and does not hinder the flow of the storeytell...

from Big_Bang_Gorilla

Being a biography of England's Edward I, yclept Longshanks. An effective king bracketed by two duds, Edward is one of the most important monarchs in English history. This is an interesting book, a model of how to write a medieval narrative history; the author is painstaking and his account may fa...

from Medievalgirl

Marc Morris' work was been advertised as the first biography of Edward I in years, and in many ways it may have been a necessary one. Edward I 'Longshanks' stands today as arguably one of the most notorious and despised Kings of Medieval England (perhaps in part with good reason), many people may...

from john257hopper

A very readable, well researched and balanced account of this most significant of kingly lives and reigns. This took me longer to read than expected and I slowed down a bit during the interminable Welsh uprisings of the 1270s and early 80s. The author rightly does not judge Edward by modern stand...