{"product_id":"a-great-and-terrible-king-edward-i-and-the-forging-of-britain","title":"A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0 0 24px 0;padding:20px 24px;border:1.5px solid #c8102e;border-radius:10px;background:rgba(200,16,46,0.05);\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px 0;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#c8102e;\"\u003eSave with the Bundle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;\"\u003eThis title is one of the four books of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-angloid-bundle\" style=\"color:#c8102e;font-weight:600;\"\u003eThe Angloid Bundle\u003c\/a\u003e — \u003cem\u003eThe Anglo-Saxons\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAlfred the Great\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Great and Terrible King\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHenry V\u003c\/em\u003e together for \u003cstrong\u003e$139.99\u003c\/strong\u003e instead of $163.96. \u003cstrong\u003eYou save $23.97.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEdward I and the Forging of Britain\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first major biography of a truly formidable king, whose reign was one of the most dramatic and consequential of the entire Middle Ages. Edward I fought a civil war for his father's crown, went on crusade to the Holy Land, and returned to rule England for thirty-five years with a force no king had matched since the Conquest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHammer of the Scots\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorris covers the whole vast reign: the conquest of Wales and the iron ring of castles — Caernarfon, Conwy, Harlech — built to hold it; the long wars against Wallace and Bruce in Scotland that earned Edward his epitaph; the expulsion of England's Jews in 1290; the summoning of the parliaments and the legal reforms that reshaped English government; and the devotion to Queen Eleanor commemorated in the twelve crosses he raised for her body's journey south.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMorris at His Best\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe same command of chronicle sources and narrative drive that distinguishes \u003cem\u003eThe Anglo-Saxons\u003c\/em\u003e is applied here to a single towering figure. The result is the definitive one-volume life of the king who forged Britain — by force. Handsome Pegasus hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Marc Morris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781605986845\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Rite Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44081836589115,"sku":"9781605986845","price":79.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/6684\/7547\/files\/a-great-and-terrible-king-morris.jpg?v=1788191250","url":"https:\/\/theritebooks.com\/products\/a-great-and-terrible-king-edward-i-and-the-forging-of-britain","provider":"The Rite Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}