In his fine biography, Michael Jones resurrects the recumbent warrior, giving a vivid but scholarly portrait of the man extolled by the contemporary chronicler Jean Froissart as “the very flower of chivalry.” Mr. Jones maintains that Edward deserved such accolades, having strived to exemplify the lofty ideals of the knight’s code.
Monthly Archives: August 2018
Watch a short documentary I did with BBC’s Inside Out, wonderfully titled ‘The Prince and the Neutron Blaster’