Edward II
The Unconventional King
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Narrated by:
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Danielle Cohen
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By:
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Kathryn Warner
About this listen
He is one of the most reviled English kings in history. He drove his kingdom to the brink of civil war a dozen times in less than twenty years. He allowed his male lovers to rule the kingdom. He led a great army to the most ignominious military defeat in English history. His wife took a lover and invaded his kingdom, and he ended his reign wandering around Wales with a handful of followers, pursued by an army. He was the first king of England forced to abdicate his throne. Popular legend has it that he died screaming impaled on a red-hot poker, but in fact the time and place of his death are shrouded in mystery. His life reads like an Elizabethan tragedy, full of passionate doomed love, bloody revenge, jealousy, hatred, vindictiveness, and obsession. He was Edward II, and this book tells his story. Using almost exclusively fourteenth-century sources and Edward's own letters and speeches wherever possible, Kathryn Warner strips away the myths which have been created about him over the centuries, and provides a far more accurate and vivid picture of him than has previously been seen.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- S.Attenborough
- 03-03-2023
I love Warners Books!
And I bought this audible edition of the hard copy book in my collection so I could listen to it at leisure. Much to my dismay within the first 10 mins of listening there is a glaringly embarrassing error when the narrator says that Edward I faced an uprising in…. 1920! This error does not appear in the book so is the fault of poor narration and no correcting.
The narrator is irritating. Her over emphasis on words such as THE is laughable. What’s more because of her over pronunciation some of her words flow together: ‘and the’ become
‘andathe ‘.
There was no need for this plum in mouth narration style as it proves nothing and adds nothing to the story.
Do buy the book… seriously it is great history well written! Forget the audible edition unless you have a high threshold of irritation level!
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