Edward the Confessor: Last of the Royal Blood

by Tom Licence

Book Overview

An authoritative life of Edward the Confessor, the monarch whose death sparked the invasion of 1066

"In putting flesh back on Edward's bones Licence has brought a new succession story to popular attention."--Leanda de Lisle, The Times

"This fine biography of Edward the Confessor is both entertaining and elegiac."--Nicholas Vincent, The Tablet

One of the last kings of Anglo-Saxon...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300211546
• ISBN13: 9780300211542
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"