Edward I s conquest of Wales was a key formative event in the history of Britain but it has not been the subject of a scholarly book for over 100 years Research has advanced since then changing our perception of the medieval military mind & shining fresh light on the key characters involved in the conquest That is why Sean Davies s absorbing new study is so timely & important He takes a balanced approach giving both the Welsh & English perspectives on the war & on the brutal mistrustful & ruthless personal motives that drove events His account is set in the context of Welsh warfare & society from the end of Rome to the time of Edward s opening campaign in the late thirteenth century The narrative describes in vivid detail the military history of the conflict the sequence of campaigns Welsh resistance Edward s castle building & English colonization & the cost of the struggle to the Welsh & the English & the uneasy peace that followed ...

He is one of the most reviled English kings in history He drove his kingdom to the brink of civil war a dozen times in less than twenty years He allowed his male lovers to rule the kingdom He led a great army to the most ignominious military defeat in English history His wife took a lover & invaded his kingdom & he ended his reign wandering around Wales with a handful of followers pursued by an army He was the first king of England forced to abdicate his throne Popular legend has it that he died screaming impaled on a red-hot poker but in fact the time & place of his death are shrouded in mystery His life reads like an Elizabethan tragedy full of passionate doomed love bloody revenge jealousy hatred vindictiveness & obsession He was Edward II & this book tells his story Using almost exclusively fourteenth-century sources & Edward's own letters & speeches wherever possible Kathryn Warner strips away the myths which have been created about him over the centuries & provides a far more accurate & vivid picture of him than has previously been seen ...

Dramatically compressing the reign of Edward II & enlivening the historical narrative with humour romance & horrific violence Marlowe interrogates how the transgression of accepted codes of behaviour affects even those at the highest level of society Kept off the stage for almost three hundred years because of its dramatization of explicit homosexual relationships it has become increasingly popular with modern day readers & performed on stage & film to great acclaim This student edition contains a completely new introduction by Stephen Guy-Bray & offers students a useful & lively overview of recent criticism an updated performance history paying greater attention to Derek Jarman's film a background on the author & themes as well as an updated bibliography & a fully annotated version of the playtext ...

Edward II is one of the most controversial kings of English history On numerous occasions he brought England to the brink of civil war Author Stephen Spinks argues that Edward & the later murdered Piers Gaveston were lovers not merely brothers-in-arms' Influenced by successive royal favourites & with a desire for personal vengeance his rule became highly polarised & unstable His own wife took a lover & invaded his kingdom resulting in his forced abdication; the first in British history Edward's prevailing legacy remains the warning that all kings can fall from power & yet war debt & baronial oppression before 1307 ensured that Edward II inherited a toxic legacy that any successor would have found almost impossible to wrestle with Stephen Spinks explores that legacy using contemporary & later sources By focusing on Edward's early years as much as on his reign & exploring the conflicting influences of those around him Stephen shows the human side of this tale against a backdrop of political intrigues & betrayals He peels back the layers to reveal the man who wore the crown Edward's belief in his unchallengable right to rule increasingly at odds with those at his court & his undeniable thirst for revenge creates a fourteenth-century tragedy on a grand scale ...

When the tall athletic Edward of York seized the English throne in 1461 he could have chosen any bride he wanted With his dazzling good looks few were able to resist his charm & promises For three years he had a succession of mistresses while foreign princesses were lined up to be considered for his queen Then he fell in love Enter Elizabeth Woodville a widow five years his elder While her contemporaries & later historians have been divided over her character none have denied her beauty When she petitioned the king to help restore her son's inheritance the young Edward was immediately spellbound This romance was not to be just another fling Conscious of her honour & her future Elizabeth repelled his advances Edward's answer was to make her his wife It was to prove an unpopular decision Since then Edward's queen has attracted extreme criticism from hostile chroniclers her actions interpreted in the bleakest of lights In this enlightening book Amy Licence reassesses the tumultuous lives of the real White Queen & the king she captivated ...

As the creation of an old Inventor Edward was a human-like boy who had everything except for hands The Inventor suffered a fatal heart attack & died before he could give hands to Edward Kotobukiya&s Bishoujo lineup returns to the classics with the Edward Scissorhands Bishoujo statue Beautifully sculpted in 17 scale this new interpretation of the character based on an original illustration by Shunya Yamashita brings Edward to life as never before High quality sculpting brings out all the details from the scissor hands & wild hair to the straps & buckles on the gothic style clothing Edward Scissorhands stands 23 cm 9 inches tall on a themed base ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play An Avon lady discovers the half-made creation of a mad scientist living in the neighborhood&s old abandoned castle The scientist died leaving the shy boy with scissors for hands When she attempts to bring him into suburbia his hands a metaphor for adolescence make for some awkward & hilarious situatons An unforgettable contemporary fairy tale a poignant celebration of a visionary spirit struggling to survive in an unforgiving world Actors Johnny Depp Winona Ryder Dianne Wiest Anthony Michael Hall Kathy Baker Robert Oliveri Conchata Ferrell Caroline Aaron Dick Anthony Williams O-Lan Jones Vincent Price Alan Arkin & Susan Blommaert Director Tim Burton Certificate 12 years & over Year 1991 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
- DTS-HD Subtitles Danish ; Finnish ; Norwegian ; Swedish ; English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 45 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play An Avon lady discovers the half-made creation of a mad scientist living in the neighborhood&s old abandoned castle The scientist died leaving the shy boy with scissors for hands When she attempts to bring him into suburbia his hands a metaphor for adolescence make for some awkward & hilarious situatons An unforgettable contemporary fairy tale a poignant celebration of a visionary spirit struggling to survive in an unforgiving world Actors Johnny Depp Winona Ryder Dianne Wiest Anthony Michael Hall Kathy Baker Robert Oliveri Conchata Ferrell Caroline Aaron Dick Anthony Williams O-Lan Jones Vincent Price Alan Arkin & Susan Blommaert Director Tim Burton Certificate PGYear 1991 Screen 1851 Anamorphic Widescreen Languages English
- Dolby Digital (40) Subtitles None Duration 1 hour & 40 minutes (approx)
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An all-new adventure revisiting Edward Scissorhands& two decades after the end of the fan-favorite movie! In a castle just outside a sleepy suburban town a brilliant inventor created Edward Scissorhands but left him tragically unfinished Two generations of exile have left Edward digging through abandoned experiments but once he wakes up a creature left buried he discovers he isn&t the only one missing a vital piece As Edward tries to fix a grave mistake he comes face-to-face with a teenage girl who was sure he was only myth despite the stories her grandmother told her about the man she could never touch by Drew Rausch Kate Leth More from this Author Edward Scissorhands Volume 2 Whole Again Sullengrey Sacrifice Eldritch Volume 1 Dark Goodbye Volume 2 Shrek Forever After The Prequel ...

After settling in with Megs & her family Edward becomes curious about a television "miracle doctor" named April Wells & enlists the help of friends & townspeople to send her a homemade audition tape While Megs struggles with her uncertainty about the whole situation Edward has a quiet hope that maybe she could help him by Drew Rausch Kate Leth ...