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A Great and Terrible King.
« on: 2009-10-04, 15:14:43 »
I have just finished reading " The Great And Terrible King" by Marc Morris.

What an absolutely fantastic biog of one of the most influential royals of the millenium (good or bad) in my opinion. Weather you are a red lion supporter, a red dragon supporter or a 3gold leopard supporter this is a fascinating insight into the life of one of the most succesful medieval kings of England.
Written with an impartial, modern eye, Marc has bared the King for all he was worth with some amaizing insights and deeply personal views on his interpritations of the documented facts of Eddy I`s reign.
Please don`t be put off by past historians attempts at preaching to the public, read for your self, in laymens terms, an account of this most chivalric English kings life.
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Re: A Great and Terrible King.
« Reply #1 on: 2009-10-05, 19:26:21 »
Thanks for the heads up! Sounds like a good read! I've read small bits of Edward "Long shanks" and felt
that he never got the credit due him for accomplishing as much as he did for England. It was a shame
his son was such a miserable monarch but his grandson was definitely cut from the same cloth as
the “Hammer of the Scots”!  :)
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Re: A Great and Terrible King.
« Reply #2 on: 2010-10-26, 16:16:21 »
I am not surprised Edward II proved to be less than a true king; I've noticed like behaviors in children who have parents who have achieved some form of elevation over their own particular childhood- in wanting to give their children everything they themselves did not have growing up, I see it as them effectively hamstringing their kids, killing the intrepid spirit that might otherwise flourish if they had something to strive for, to look forward to.

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Re: A Great and Terrible King.
« Reply #3 on: 2010-10-26, 16:59:19 »
If Mommy and Daddy hand you everything on a silver platter, what lesson will you have learned?

You'll learn to be a lazy entitled narcissist. :)
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Re: A Great and Terrible King.
« Reply #4 on: 2010-10-26, 18:31:17 »
And that is my point...

It is said that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions...and these parents have the best intentions when they give their kids everything they never had as kids themselves...but it sets those kids up for failure.  Not always, but I've seen it happen more often than not.

And of course, w/regard to Edward III, history, and his father taught him how NOT to be as a king.  He learned it well I think; as Sir Brian mentioned, he could've been cut from the same broadcloth as his grandfather!
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