The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March

Ian, Mortimer

ISBN 10: 0224062492 / ISBN 13: 9780224062497

Published by Jonathan Cape, 2003

About this Item

1st edition hardback, 2003. Pictorial dustjacket near fine. Black cloth gilt as new. Pages very clean & tight. No inscriptions. Illustrated. 377 pages.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1684746257580

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224062492
• ISBN 13: 9780224062497
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

King Edward II was murdered by the lover of his estranged Queen Isabella, a Sir Roger Mortimer. This biography of 14th century England's evil genius offers a new and controversial theory regarding the fate of Edward II.

About the Author

Ian Mortimer graduated with a degree in History from the University of Exeter in 1989, then qualified as an archivist at UCL and worked in the Devon Record Office and the Public Record Office before taking up a post in the Department of History at Reading University. In 1994 he moved to the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, where he advised the public, mainly at postdoctoral level, about sources in British history, as well as lecturing to postgraduate students about source material and helping to maintain the National Register of Archives. In October 1999 he moved back to the University of Exeter, where he has been employed since, in a dual capacity as lecturer in primary sources for British history and as an archivist. He has lectured on a very wide range of historical themes, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1998.