Edward II

My third book Long Live the King: The Mysterious Fate of Edward II is published today in the UK, yippee! I take a look at all the evidence...

This coming Saturday I'm giving a study day about Edward II at the Wuffing Education Centre at Sutton Hoo - please do come! Details her...

Edward II sent his queen Isabella of France to her homeland on 9 March 1325 in order to negotiate peace with her brother Charles IV, with w...

As I mentioned recently, the word 'valet(s)' which was so often used in the fourteenth century is rather difficult to translate; it...

I'm delighted to announce that today's edition of The Times features an article about Edward II and his possible survival in Italy,...

Edward II had at least 500 people in his household. The queen had close to 200. At any given time the king would have been attended by a si...

I've just found a short letter by Piers Gaveston cited in a book published in Paris in 1916, sent to John Langton, bishop of Chichester...

711 years ago today on 26 May 1306, Edward I's eldest granddaughter Eleanor de Clare married Hugh Despenser the Younger in the royal ch...

In case anyone is keeping score :), here are my existing and future books! (Note: the titles of all books after number 3 are subject to cha...

I've dealt previously with the absurd notion that Edward II and his chamberlain and favourite Hugh Despenser the Younger cruelly remov...