Long Live the King: The Mysterious Fate of Edward II

by Kathryn Warner

Book Overview

Edward II's death at Berkeley Castle in 1327, murdered by having a red-hot poker inserted inside him, is one of the most famous and lurid tales in all of English history. But is it true? With the discovery in a Montpellier archive of a remarkable document, an alternative narrative has presented itself: that Edward escaped from Berkeley Castle and made his way to Ireland, to the pope in Avignon and through Brabant, Cologne and Milan to an Italian hermitage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750993960
• ISBN13: 9780750993968
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.9" x 7.5"