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100	1		_aPollard, A. J. _eauthor. _992032
245	1	0	_aEdward IV : _bthe summer king / _cA.J. Pollard.
264		1	_a[London] : _bAllen Lane, _c2016.
300			_ax, 133 pages : _billustrations, genealogical table, portraits
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aPenguin monarchs
520			_aIn 1461 Edward earl of March, a handsome eighteen-year old of massive charisma and ability, usurped the English throne from his vacant Lancastrian predecessor Henry VI. Ten years on, following outbreaks of civil conflict that culminated in him losing, then regaining the crown, he had finally secured his kingdom. The years that followed witnessed a period of rule that has been described as a golden age: a time of peace and economic and industrial expansion, which saw the establishment of a style of strong monarchy that the Tudors would make their own. Yet, argues A. J. Pollard, Edward, who squandered his undoubted talents in a frenzy of sexual and epicurean excess, was a man of limited vision, his reign remaining to the very end the narrow rule of a victorious faction in civil war. Ultimately, his failure was dynastic: barely two months after his death in April 1483, his young son and heir was usurped by Edward's youngest brother, Richard III.
600	0	0	_aEdward _bIV, _cKing of England, _d1442-1483. _971983
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xHistory _yEdward IV, 1461-1483 _xBiography. _921923
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xKings and rulers _xBiography. _916176
830		0	_aPenguin monarchs. _9118577
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