Whether it’s covering pre-season tours or getting behind dressing room doors, few people know Everton Football Club like David
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This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king. Edward I is familiar to millions as ' Longshanks', conqueror of Scotland & nemesis of Sir William Wallace (' Braveheart'). Edward was born to rule Engl&, but believed that it was his right to rule all of Britain. His reign was one of the most dramatic of the entire Middle Ages, leading to war & conquest on an unprecedented scale, & leaving a legacy of division that has lasted from his day to our own. In his astonishingly action-packed life, Edward defeated & killed the famous Simon de Montfort in battle; travelled across Europe to the Holy Land on crusade; conquered Wales, extinguishing forever its native rulers, & constructed
- at Conwy, Harlech, Beaumaris & Caernarfon
- the most magnificent chain of castles ever created. After the death of his first wife he erected the Eleanor Crosses
- the grandest funeral monuments ever fashioned for an English monarch.