Edward I and Wales, 1254-1307 by David Pilling Requirements: .ePUB reader, 5.0 MBOverview: The late 13th century witnessed the conquest of Wales after two hundred years of conflict between Welsh princes and the English crown. In 1282 Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the only native Prince of Wales to be formally acknowledged by a King of England, […]
Blood and Gold by David Pilling (The Champion #2)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 365 KBOverview: “I am En Pascal of Valencia, the Adalid, the Champion, the Leader of Hosts, and this is my tale…” 1297 AD: the kings of England and France have struck a truce, but elsewhere conflict still rages. In Scotland, the armies of Edward […]
The Leopard by David Pilling (The Wars of Edward I #1)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 362 KBOverview: King Edward I of England, nicknamed Longshanks, is remembered as the conqueror of Wales and Hammer of the Scots. One of England’s most able warrior-kings, he has sharply divided opinion from his own day to the present. Few princes had […]
Rebellion Against Henry III: The Disinherited Montfortians, 1265-1274 by David PillingRequirements: .ePUB reader, 900 KBOverview: The ‘Montfortian’ civil wars in England lasted from 1259-67, though the death of Simon de Montfort and so many of his followers at the battle of Evesham in 1265 ought to have ended the conflict. In the aftermath of the […]
Tales of The World Apparent by David Pilling and Martin Bolton (#1-2)Requirements: .ePUB, .PDF reader, 2.9 MbOverview: David Pilling I’m an English writer and researcher, addicted to history for as long as I can remember. I spent much of my childhood dragging my long-suffering parents up and down the misted ruins of castles in Wales, […]