The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mortimer, Ian, PUBLISHER: CCV, ong>ong>Theong>ong> first biography ong>ofong> ong>ong>theong>ong> evil genius and rebel baron who deposed and murdered Edward II. One night in August a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from ong>ong>theong>ong> Tower ong>ofong> London. With ong>ong>theong>ong> king's men-at-arms in pursuit he fled to ong>ong>theong>ong> south coast, and sailed to France. ong>ong>Theong>ong>re he was joined by Isabella, ong>ong>theong>ong> Queen ong>ofong> England, who threw herself into his arms. A year later, as lovers, ong>ong>theong>ong>y returned with an invading army: King Edward II's ong>forceong>s crumbled before ong>ong>theong>ong>m, and Mortimer took power. He removed Edward II in ong>ong>theong>ong> first deposition ong>ofong> a monarch in British history. ong>ong>Theong>ong>n ong>ong>theong>ong> ex-king was apparently murdered, some said with a red-hot poker, in Berkeley Castle. Brutal, intelligent, passionate, prong>ofong>ligate, imaginative and violent: Sir Roger Mortimer was an extraordinary character. It is not surprising that ong>ong>theong>ong> queen lost her heart to him. Nor is it surprising that his contemporaries were terrified ong>ofong> him. But until now no one has appreciated ong>ong>theong>ong> full evil genius ong>ofong> ong>ong>theong>ong> man. This first biography reveals not only ong>ong>theong>ong> man's career as a feudal lord, a governor ong>ofong> Ireland, a rebel leader and a dictator ong>ofong> England but also ong>ong>theong>ong> truth ong>ofong> what happened that night in Berkeley Castle.