
Mature
Length18h 47m
About this audiobook
The Three Edwards is a history book which covers the reigns of three English kings, Edward I, II and III. The first of the Plantagenet Edwards gave England her parliamentary government, her well-ordered legal system, and her victories over the proud Scots. The reign of the enlightened and popular Edward I was a vibrant spring after the long, dark winter of the Middle Ages. But the glory England achieved under Edward I was lost when Edward II ascended the throne. Born with a sinister and fatal flaw of character, Edward II all but destroyed the great kingdom he had inherited and left behind him a disastrous history of chaos, farce, and tragedy. His most important contribution to his country's welfare was his son—who became Edward III. In Edward III, England again had an energetic ruler who, as he swept away his father's shameful memory, built up a lucrative trade with Flanders and waged a wily diplomacy with France, culminating in the Hundred Years' War.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length18 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 25, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1BOOK ONE
27CHAPTER VII The New Favorite
2CHAPTER I A Proper King Is Crowned
28CHAPTER VIII The King in the Saddle
3CHAPTER II The English Justinian—and the Queen Who Had Many Handsome Children
29CHAPTER IX The Royal Triangle
4CHAPTER III The English and the Welsh
30CHAPTER X The Fall of the King
5CHAPTER IV A Prince Is Born
31CHAPTER XI The Deposition and Death of the King
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6CHAPTER V The Plantagenets at Home
32BOOK THREE Edward the Third
7CHAPTER VI The Rebirth of Parliamentary Democracy
33CHAPTER I Hamlet on the Steps of the Throne
8CHAPTER VII The Death of Queen Eleanor
34CHAPTER II Mother and Son
9CHAPTER VIII A Vacant Throne in Scotland
35CHAPTER III The Cloak of Iniquity
10CHAPTER IX The Start of the Scottish Wars
36CHAPTER IV The Royal Hamlet Strikes
11CHAPTER X William Wallace
37CHAPTER V The Chatelaine of Castle Rising
12CHAPTER XI The Miracle at Stirling Bridge
38CHAPTER VI The Embers Rekindled
13CHAPTER XII Edward and the Horn-Owl
39CHAPTER VII The Great Emergence
14CHAPTER XIII The Defeat and Death of Wallace
40CHAPTER VIII The Merchant Prince
15CHAPTER XIV Edward Takes a Second Wife
41CHAPTER IX The Inevitable War
16CHAPTER XV The Prince of Wales and Brother Perrot
42CHAPTER X The Great Victory
17CHAPTER XVI Last Stages of an Eventful Reign
43CHAPTER XI The Aftermath of the Victory
18CHAPTER XVII Robert the Bruce
44CHAPTER XII The Royal Household
19CHAPTER XVIII The Death of Edward
45CHAPTER XIII The Black Death
20BOOK TWO Edward the Second
46CHAPTER XIV The Battle of Poictiers and the Peace of Bretigny
21CHAPTER I The New King Makes Many Mistakes
47CHAPTER XV The Black Prince
22CHAPTER II The Marriage of Edward
48CHAPTER XVI These Great Fighters
23CHAPTER III The Death of the Favorite
49CHAPTER XVII Some Incidental Achievements in the Course of a Long Reign
24CHAPTER IV The Great Scandal of the Middle Ages
50CHAPTER XVIII The Days of Decline
25CHAPTER V Bannockburn
51CHAPTER XIX John Wycliffe
26CHAPTER VI After Bannockburn
52CHAPTER XX The Death of the King