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The Perfect King: the Life of Edward Iii, Father of the English Nation Pdf, Epub, Ebook THE PERFECT KING: THE LIFE OF EDWARD III, FATHER OF THE ENGLISH NATION PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Ian Mortimer | 560 pages | 31 Jul 2012 | Vintage Publishing | 9780099527091 | English | London, United Kingdom The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation by Ian Mortimer This raised a Tut! Sadly, after a very active and achieving youth and middle age Edward I have to assume developed s The title is about what Edward III wished to be rather than what we, in retrospect, think he was. Sadly, after a very active and achieving youth and middle age Edward I have to assume developed some form and some extent of dementia and old age was not pleasant - and also marred by his attachment to Alice Perrers. It's well organized and well written, with helpful maps, illustrations and genealogy charts. The author is attempting to restore Edward's reputation as a great king, which he claims lasted for several centuries after Edward's death but was diminished by "politicised" historians in the 18th and 19th centuries. There's some fascinating history here: the rise of England as a political and military power; the domination of projectile warfare peasants ar A very good biography of England's Edward III. There's some fascinating history here: the rise of England as a political and military power; the domination of projectile warfare peasants armed with longbows overwhelming armored knights ; the origins of the Hundred Years' War; the development of Parliament and the rise of the commons; the founding of the Order of the Garter. Mortimer is responsible for popularizing in recent years the theory that Edward II did not die an infamously grisly death in Berkeley Castle in , but escaped and lived on as a recluse for more than a decade after his son assumed the throne. I suppose it was reasonable for the author to limit the scope of the book, but I was a bit surprised at how little was written about Edward's children. For example, John of Gaunt's entire relationship with Katherine Swynford is allocated a single sentence about the criticism John garnered for his shameless affair with his children's governess. And the author relates that one of Edward's last ceremonial acts was to knight his two ten-year-old grandsons, Richard of Bordeaux and Henry of Bolingbroke, but he doesn't mention a single word about what lies in the future for those two cousins. Mortimer doesn't speak to this, but I've read commentary before that Edward's family was remarkably stable and happy for a British royal family; that his marriage was a love match and that his children were loyal to him and to each other. Mortimer does point out that Edward seems to have been unusually for a medieval king faithful to Philippa, borne out by the fact that no illegitimate children appear until Philippa was practically on her deathbed. He was also apparently faithful to the notorious Alice Perrers after Philippa's death. Aug 13, Doreen Petersen rated it it was amazing Shelves: biography. Outstanding book on British history! I absolutely loved it! View 2 comments. He was a prince who knew his job and did it. Mortimer goes behind battles and treaties to explore the personal, cultural and religious background of the high tide of the middle ages. Along the way lists of tournaments, gifts, textiles, poems and galas gel into a picture of a real, if alien society and the man who, for one shining moment, stood atop Europe as King Arthur incarnate. Intentionally so. He changed the way wars were fought. The paragon of medieval chivalry, he was also its doom. Everyone mentions the English long bows, few remember Edward took hundreds of cannons to Crecy. They themselves were iconic. Jul 07, J. Ashman rated it it was amazing. Very informative, easy to follow and well narrated Audible edition. Apr 09, Karen Brooks rated it it was amazing. I confess to not knowing much about Edward before reading this book, my knowledge extending mainly to his famous son, John of Gaunt, grandchildren, the future kings, Richard II and Henry IV, and his much-maligned mistress, Alice Perrers. While his contemporaries and early historians granted him almost legendary status, later historians were not so kind, painting him as a war-monger who ran amok with foreign policy to the detriment of England. Mortimer determines to set the record straight and, using contemporary sources and revisiting evidence, accomplishes this. Not only was Edward responsible for changing parliamentary representation and giving the common people a genuine voice, he also ensured that by ordering ordinary men to train to shoot with the longbow, they not only became formidable fighters, but were held in an esteem previously reserved for knights. Suddenly, the peasants were also the fighters too giving them a certain status as well as propelling them into danger. Edward also undertook, after winning war after war in France and Scotland, a remarkable building program and sponsored and fostered the arts in a manner never seen before. He also, despite some later historians decrying the fact some of his peace negotiations failed or his many battles came with a great loss of life and cruelty, ensured no major battles were ever fought on English soil. In that way, he always kept England though not necessarily his soldiers safe. Further, he also heralded the change from French as the major spoken language to English — not just on the streets, but by the nobles and in parliament and through the passing of legislation it was spoken in English and written in Latin. He was also responsible for establishing the Order of the Garter, which was emulated throughout the continent with varying degrees of success. A multifaceted man, he had contradictory traits and flaws, but this is what made him potentially a good leader of men too — in that, he understood what made people tick. A terrific book for anyone interested in English history and one of the not so perfect, but very human, rulers. Jul 30, Taylor Kniphfer rated it it was amazing Shelves: history. Edward III finally has the biographer that he deserves. Ian Mortimer made him into a living person in this book. You could hear the crys of the men on the battlefields of France or Scotland. You could see the weeping souls of the Black Death. You could witness the discussions in Parlaiment. And Edward was at the epcenter of it all. A king for the ages. Indeed, almost the Perfect Medieval King, the man who forged a nation out of a war. A story for the ages, and a heroic, chivalric King of England. I really enjoyed this book. In my view, this is the best of the three Ian Mortimer books I have read. While all three of the books have been well researched and full of valuable information, this book really gave me an image of Edward III who reigned from to that I could get my teeth into. By no means a perfect man, and not always a perfect king either. But a towering monarhc who oversaw a great number of events and changes to English institutions. Well worth reading! Apr 08, bkwurm rated it really liked it. Edward III's life reads like a fairy tale. His father the king is deposed and presumably murdered by his mother's lover who now rules the kingdom. The successful night attack with a loyal band of comrades that removes the usurper and puts him back on his throne. The battles he wins culminating in the astounding victory of Crecy. The creation of an Arthurian like band of knights in the Order of the Garter. The even more incredible victory of his heir, the Black Prince at Poitiers. All this would h Edward III's life reads like a fairy tale. All this would have been enough for a riveting book. But the author adds the claim that Edward II actually survived, albeit in obscurity in Italy. For the reader, the knowledge that the death of the Black Prince and Edward III's choice of heir set the scene for the Wars of the Roses only adds to the tragedy at the end of his reign. Great book! May 11, Spencer Warner rated it it was ok Shelves: history-medieval-british. Judging by the reviews of this book, there is clearly a point I'm missing. While it is thorough in it's approach, I felt an overwhelming sense of nausea as the author wrote time and time again of Edwards brilliance. Granted, he was probably as gooder king England ever had but Mortimer would have you believe everything ever done by him was wonderful.. I guess the title of the book is a hint of this, and further Judging by the reviews of this book, there is clearly a point I'm missing. I guess the title of the book is a hint of this, and further proof is shown when Mortimer skims over the last twenty years of the reign as if he wanted to forget those two decades happened. The result is that the book is a bland one sided account of a topic which is otherwise very interesting. Note: the insistence of Edward II survival over and over smacks of a cranky conspiracy theorist, not an esteemed historian! It's a shame really, because reading this book really made me so what an important king he was and how much he contributed not only to the monarchy but to England itself. He was one of the first kings to really give the English people an identity and a common goal, in the conquest of France.
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