{"product_id":"edward-the-confessor-9780300260823","title":"Edward the Confessor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn authoritative life of Edward the Confessor, the monarch whose death sparked the invasion of 1066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In putting flesh back on Edward’s bones Licence has brought a new succession story to popular attention.”—Leanda de Lisle\u003ci\u003e, Times\u003c\/i\u003e (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This fine biography of Edward the Confessor is both entertaining and elegiac.”—Nicholas Vincent, \u003ci\u003eThe Tablet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Makes a good argument.”—Tom Shippey, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Tom Licence’s brilliant new biography of the Englishman who regained the kingdom from the Danes is an exceptional history—a more than worthy successor to Frank Barlow’s great \u003ci\u003eLife of Edward the Confessor\u003c\/i\u003e some fifty years ago. Its huge success is to disentangle the sources and rebuild Edward’s story from first principles.”—Alex Burghart, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An utterly splendid account of the life of Edward the Confessor. . . . Licence breaks new ground through his close reading of the sources, he better situates Edward in the complex geopolitical world of the eleventh century, and offers a more positive assessment of Edward as a ruler.”—Paul Foster, \u003ci\u003eExpository Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEdward the Confessor \u003c\/i\u003eis a triumph of scholarship that combines erudition with readability. . . . Tom Licence reveals Edward as an intelligent, conscientious and compassionate man who consistently favoured his great-nephew Edgar the aetheling as his successor but in the end was dramatically betrayed by his brother-in-law Harold. This new analysis of a familiar story is told with clarity and verve: a magisterial achievement.”—Elisabeth van Houts, author of \u003ci\u003eMarried Life in the Middle Ages, 900–1300\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This may be one of the most important, certainly one of the most original books on eleventh-century England … The great virtue of this study is the author’s determination to tell the story of Edward’s life from a contemporary perspective, setting events in the context in which they unfolded, with full consideration of what moved the actors in their immediate present. The result throws a new light on Edward’s motives and actions, and promotes a complete re-thinking of the significance of his reign.”—Ann Williams, author of \u003ci\u003eThe English and the Norman Conquest \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A worthy successor to Frank Barlow’s \u003ci\u003eEdward the Confessor\u003c\/i\u003e, Tom Licence’s book authoritatively probes and reassesses supposedly well-known sources and presents us with a remarkable reappraisal of the king and an important historical period. Overall a magnificent achievement.”—David Bates, author of \u003ci\u003eWilliam the Conqueror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864350372183,"sku":"9780300260823","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780300260823.jpg?v=1722271537","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/edward-the-confessor-9780300260823","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}