”Comparing Edward I to his son Edward II, Robert the Bruce once declared, ‘I am more afraid of the bones of the father dead, than of the living son; and, by all the saints, it was more difficult t...
Marc Morris may well be my favourite historian. Highly readable, thorough, even handed, full of intriguing details, gives a sense of personalities without attempting ventriloquy, and remembers that re...
Edward I is safe to say though a very smart and successful king was a bit of a bastard. Squashed the Welsh, stole from the Irish, bankrupted then evicted the Jews, and with the laugh of an evil genius...
Okay I will admit to a less than scholarly reason for wanting to read the biography of this king. While I already have a fascination with English history, and that certainly helped my choice, I also l...
If your only knowledge of King Edward I is what you gleaned from Mel Gibsons "Braveheart", then let me say from the beginning, forget everything that you assume to be fact from that movie and realize ...
Not really a very exciting read nevertheless I thought it seemed well researched an a good introduction to the subject.This focused on Edward I's campaigns in the Middle East,Wales and Scotland.Also,m...
I did enjoy this book, but I did find it verging on hagiography. I'll admit, Edward I is not my favourite king, far from it. And I'll admit that you can't judge a medieval monarch by today's standards...
If the modern reader knows Edward I at all it is probably as the villain of Mel Gibson’s movie, Braveheart. With this biography Prof. Morris attempts to balance the scale. I found this a very well r...
A very fine book—excellent in many ways, a bit disappointing in others. Morris points out in the preface that most biographies of Edward I are organized thematically, with a chapter devoted to the w...
A very readable biography of this Great and Terrible king, even though it’s necessarily remote from the actual human being who lived 700 years ago. Most of what we know about medieval rulers comes f...