W.M.Ormrod is Professor of Medieval History at the University of York. He has written extensively on medieval Britain: his other books include Edward III (‘Instantly accessible’ The Observer), also published by Tempus, along with Political Life in Medieval England, 1300-1450 (with Anthony Musson), The Evolution of English Justice: Law, Politics and Society in the Fourteenth Century, and The Black Death in England (with Phillip Lindley).
The fifty-year reign of one of England's most charismatic leaders is assessed in this lucid and incisive work. W.M. Ormrod traces Edward's life from his birth, when the very future of the monarchy in England was under threat, to his death when he was regarded throughout Europe as...
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