Greatest Traitor, The:The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March

Ian, Mortimer

ISBN 10: 0224062492 / ISBN 13: 9780224062497

Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Greatest Traitor, The:The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224062492
• ISBN 13: 9780224062497
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

A vivid and dramatic popular history of this feudal lord, rebel leader and dictator of England.
King Edward II was murdered by the lover of his estranged Queen Isabella, Sir Roger Mortimer. This biography of 14th century England's evil genius offers a new and controversial theory regarding the fate of Edward II.

About the Author

IAN MORTIMER has BA and Ph.D. degrees in history from Exeter University and an MA in archive studies from University College London. From 1991 to 2003 he worked in turns for Devon Record Office, Reading University, the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, and Exeter University. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1998. In March 2006, the second of his medieval biographies, The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation was published by Jonathan Cape. He lives with his wife and three children on the edge of Dartmoor.