<p>About the Author\nPeter Rex is a retired history teacher. He was Head of History at Princethorpe College for twenty years. His other books include The English Resistance: The Underground War Against the Normans; Hereward: The Last Englishman; Edgar: King of the English 959-75; and The Last King of England: The Life of Harold II, all published by The History Press.\nSo long overshadowed by the historic events that followed his death, this is the story of England's penultimate Anglo-Saxon king; his warlike youth, his unlikely succession and his struggle to curb the ambitions of the power-hungry earls of Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria. Edward the Confessor, his family and the rich personalities of their reign are brought vividly to life by critically acclaimed historian Peter Rex.Often depicted by posthumous accounts as a virginal, pious simpleton, Edward was in fact a devious, wily king who struggled to control his violent temper. As a young man in 1016 he fought against the Danish king Canute's invasion of England; as an ageing, childless monarch he cunningly played off his potential rivals and successors to his advantage using the prize of his throne as leverage.Despite his reign of peace and prosperity and the transfer of power to the eminently capable Harold, the death of Edward in January 1066 preceded by mere months the end of the Anglo-Saxon Era. Often blamed for the crisis that prompted the invasions of 1066, Edward's alleged nomination of William 'the Conqueror' can finally be exposed as Norman propaganda, and the patron saint from the English Royal Family's reputation as a warrior, statesman and diplomat adequately restored.</p>

King & Saint

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

The History Press

Judith Laws

Backhaus Smith

Playright Publishing Pty Limited, Caringbah, Nsw, Australia

Cheryl Goldsleger: Utopia

WEIL

Museum Of Contemporary Art, Ga

<p>As an artist, Rex has been almost forgotten for quite a long time. The man who shows us the darker shades of gay desire, in tiny points which become impressive ink mosaics, was simply too extreme for the mainstream. This book contains a comprehensive collection of his work.</p>

Rex Verboten

Arts & Photography

Other Media

Bruno Gmuender Gmbh

Leather Cult

Literature & Fiction

Erotica

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