Edward the black prince biography books
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Edward, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine: A Biography of the Black Prince
It is packed full of data and lends itself more to being a political/military biography than a biography of the man.
Edward the black prince biography books
Part of that may be linked to the limited evidence available – Barber discounts much of Froissart as unreliable and there is little remaining to build up an image of the Prince. As such, Barber concludes that there is little one can say about the Prince’s character besides he liked campaigning and had little patience for diplomacy – though there are little moments where Barber seems to hint at more, such as the mention of the Prince standing silent and ashamed after the Battle of Crecy or his Lollard sympathies.
At times, the Prince gets lost in Barber’s narrative simply because there’s not much evidence of what he, personally, was doing. It’s also worth noting t