Edward II

In no particular order, here are the top ten fake stories still often repeated about Edward II and Isabella of France. Thanks to my good fr...

Edward III, not quite eighteen years old, arrested his mother's 'favourite' Roger Mortimer, earl of March and lord of Wigmore, ...

I so often see it stated that Edward II and his stepmother Marguerite of France had a close, loving relationship, and I just want to examin...

In March and April 1322, Edward II had between nineteen and twenty-two knights and noblemen executed for taking part in the Contrariant reb...

Apologies for not updating the blog more regularly; I've been really busy lately, had visitors, and am still going through the long and...

I've previously written posts about Edward II's 1321/22 campaign against the Contrariants, the baronial rebels who had forced the e...

Today I'm delighted to welcome writer and researcher David Pilling to the blog! He's a man who knows a thing or two about Edward I...

A post today about the Scottish noblewoman Elizabeth Comyn and the English knight Sir Richard Talbot, who married in or before the summer o...

I've just had an article about Isabella of France published in a special edition of BBC History Magazine, and coincidentally there...

I'm delighted to announce that my next two books are now available for pre-order! Long Live the King: The Mysterious Fate of Edward II...