WORST MEDIEVAL MONARCHS (HB)

Stephen, John, Edward II, Richard II, Richard III. These five men are widely viewed as the worst of England’s medieval kings. Two lost their thrones, one only avoided doing so by dying, another was killed in battle, and one had to leave his crown to his opponent. All have been seen as incompetent, their reigns blighted by civil war. Yet were they really the worst men to wear the crown of England in the Middle Ages? Or has history - and fiction - treated them unfairly? This book seeks to answer those questions.