The Greatest Traitor
The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March
$39.15
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
2 August 2010
Summary
The first biography of the evil genius and rebel baron who deposed and murdered Edward II.
One night in August 1323 a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London. With the king’s men-at-arms in pursuit he fled to the south coast, and sailed to France. There he was joined by Isabella, the Queen of England, who threw herself into his arms. A year later, as lovers, they returned with an invading army. King Edward II’s forces crumbled b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099552222 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099552221 |
| Author: | Ian Mortimer |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 2 August 2010 |
| Weight: | 292g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
Mortimer’s book roars, races and sings… with a sense of passion and drama and an unrelenting pace * Daily Telegraph *Ian Mortimer’s exacting standards of scholarship mean that this book will undoubtedly remain the standard authority on its subject * Independent on Sunday *A compelling page-turner – Alison Weir * Sunday Times *
About The Author
Ian Mortimer
Dr Ian Mortimer is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England and The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England, as well as four critically acclaimed medieval biographies, and numerous scholarly articles on subjects ranging in date from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1998. His work on the social history of medicine won the Alexander Prize (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.
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