Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II: Downfall of a King's Favourite

by Kathryn Warner

Book Overview

Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II tells the story of 'the greatest villain of the fourteenth century', his dazzling rise as favorite to the king and his disastrous fall.

Born in the late 1280s, Hugh married King Edward I of England's eldest granddaughter when he was a teenager. Ambitious and greedy to an astonishing degree, Hugh chose a startling route to power: he seduced his wife's uncle, the young King Edward II, and became...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526751755
• ISBN13: 9781526751751
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"