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Gabriel Ronay.
The Lost King of England: The East European Adventures of Edward the Exile.
Published Woodbridge: Boydell, 1989.
ISBN 0851155413;
ISBN-13 9780851155418.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printed in the UK.
Size: 158x240x20mm.
Page count: ix,212pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket on this copy is faded on its spine, and here and there elsewhere, some mild scuffs, a bit of wear on its edges and corners; pages starting to yellow with age, otherwise the book itself looks in good order, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £9.50
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Weight without packaging: 602g.

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Traces the story of Edmund and Edward Aetheling, sons of Edmund Ironside, banished by Canute after Ironside's murder. Edward married on the continent and produced a son, Edgar, the 'lost king of England', who for a while seemed able to provide a legitimate challenge to William the Conqueror’s claim on the throne.

Contents: Agony of a kingdom; Road ito exile; Counters in a European power game; Home from home in south-eastern Europe; Heeding England’s call — a tragic homecoming; The 'lost king' of England.
Appendices: Extracts from: Florence of Worcester; Leges Edovardi Confessori [No translation provided]; William of Poitiers.

Illustrations: 12, monochrome
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at end of book
Tables: 2
Genealogies: 1
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 6pp
Index: yes

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