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Edward II of England

1284–1327

Edward II was king of England from 1307 to 1327. His reign was dominated by conflict with powerful nobles, military failure against Scotland, dependence on favourites such as Piers Gaveston and the Despensers, and his eventual deposition.

Edward II of England also held the offices or ranks of duke, count of Ponthieu, Prince of Wales, and Earl of Chester. Edward II of England belonged to the House of Plantagenet and operated within Kingdom of England; Wales. Edward II of England was born in Caernarfon Castle and died in Berkeley Castle.

Seymour Phillips’s Edward II reconstructs the king’s government, his attachment to favourites, Bannockburn, the Despenser regime and the invasion that ended in his deposition. Dan Jones’ The Plantagenets sets that collapse within the larger history of the dynasty. Griff Hosker’s Broken Arrow uses Edward’s renewed favour for Piers Gaveston as the spark for another baronial crisis, while Paul Doherty’s Devil’s Wolf places Hugh Corbett at Edward’s court as unresolved Scottish war and secrets from the previous reign return to threaten the crown. J. R. Tomlin’s Fate of Kings shows Edward after Bannockburn, pursued by a Scottish strategy that now extends into Ireland.

Periods

Periods linked to Edward II of England

Battle of Bannockburn1314 CE Invasion of England and Deposition of Edward II1326–1327 CE Reign of Edward II1307–1327 CE Wars of Scottish Independence1296–1357 CE

Series

Historical novels and book series featuring Edward II of England (17 series)

Lord Edward’s Archer in Order

by Griff Hosker 10 books 4.5(51,903)

Lord Edward’s Archer follows Gerald Warbow from the Welsh Marches into the wars and political crises of Edward I and Edward II. The series combines archer warfare with the Second Barons’ War, Welsh resistance, crusading, the Scottish wars and court intrigue. It is a medieval military sequence about…

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Hugh Corbett Mysteries in Order

by Paul Doherty 24 books 4.4(54,121)

The Hugh Corbett Mysteries follow a royal clerk, diplomat and Keeper of the Secret Seal from the reign of Edward I into the troubled rule of Edward II. Corbett investigates murders that threaten royal government, foreign negotiations and the security of the crown. His work takes him from…

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Son of Scotland in Order

by J.R. Tomlin 4 books 4.3(3,402)

The Son of Scotland series recounts the career of Thomas Randolph, nephew and close lieutenant of Robert the Bruce. Beginning with his divided allegiance at the start of Bruce’s kingship, the novels follow Randolph from capture at Methven through the reconquest of Scotland, Bannockburn, the Irish campaign and…

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The Savage Chronicles in Order

by Tim Hodkinson 2 books 4.3(3,323)

The Savage Chronicles follow Richard Savage, an Irish Knight Templar drawn into the Scottish invasion of Ireland during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Forced to serve Edward II as a spy and later driven by the abduction of his daughter, Savage moves through a country divided by English…

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Last Templar Mysteries in Order

by Michael Jecks 32 books 4.2(20,880)

The Last Templar Mysteries follow Sir Baldwin de Furnshill, a survivor of the suppression of the Knights Templar, and his friend Simon Puttock, a Devon bailiff. Most of the sequence is set between 1316 and 1327, when the two men investigate deaths in villages, monasteries, ports and cathedral…

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Mathilde of Westminster Trilogy in Order

by Paul Doherty 3 books 4.3(2,977)

The Mathilde of Westminster Trilogy is narrated by a physician who once served Isabella of France before and after her marriage to Edward II. Looking back from later life, Mathilde records the murders, poisonings and acts of espionage that surrounded the young queen’s household. Her medical skill and…

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The Accursed Kings in Order

by Maurice Druon 7 books 4.2(8,269)

The Accursed Kings follows the French and English monarchies from the final year of Philip IV's reign in 1314 to the capture of John II at Poitiers and the political crisis of the late 1350s. Across seven novels, the direct Capetian line fails, the Valois dynasty takes the…

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The Black Douglas Trilogy in Order

by J.R. Tomlin 4 books 4.2(10,947)

The Black Douglas sequence follows the struggle for Scottish independence through Andrew Moray and James Douglas. The prequel Freedom’s Sword traces Moray’s rebellion against Edward I and his partnership with William Wallace, while the trilogy proper begins with the young James Douglas joining Robert the Bruce after the…

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Insurrection Trilogy in Order

by Robyn Young 3 books 4.2(5,785)

The Insurrection Trilogy traces Robert the Bruce from the Scottish succession crisis of 1286 to his victory at Bannockburn in 1314. Robyn Young places Bruce within a divided kingdom in which the Balliol, Bruce and Comyn interests compete for the crown while Edward I of England converts arbitration…

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The Rose Trilogy in Order

by Carol McGrath 3 books 4.1(8,566)

Carol McGrath’s Rose Trilogy reimagines the lives of three medieval queens of England through the women around them, pairing royal politics with intimate viewpoints from beyond the throne. The Silken Rose follows Eleanor of Provence and the commoner Rosalind in Henry III’s troubled court; The Damask Rose turns…

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Plantagenet Saga in Order

by Jean Plaidy 14 books 4.1(16,124)

The Plantagenet Saga spans the dynasty from Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine to Richard III. Across fourteen novels, family rebellion, disputed succession, royal marriage and war connect the Angevin Empire, the conquest of Wales, conflict with Scotland, the Hundred Years’ War and the Wars of the Roses.

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Bravehearts Chronicles in Order

by Jack Whyte 3 books 4.4(404)

The Bravehearts Chronicles follows Scotland’s struggle against English domination through the lives of William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and the men whose campaigns turned a disputed succession into a war for national survival. Each novel concentrates on a different stage of the conflict, from Wallace’s rise and execution…

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Templar Novel in Order

by Jack Whyte 3 books 3.9(9,515)

The Templar trilogy follows members of the St. Clair family and a secret brotherhood whose history is bound to the rise and destruction of the Knights Templar. Beginning in the aftermath of the First Crusade, the sequence moves through the disasters of Hattin and the Third Crusade before…

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The Kingdom in Order

by Robert Low 3 books 3.8(1,178)

The Kingdom trilogy follows the fictional knight Hal Sientcler and the men around Robert the Bruce during the Wars of Scottish Independence. From Edward I’s intervention in Scotland in 1296, the sequence moves through rebellion, the defeat at Falkirk, Wallace’s final years and Bruce’s hazardous rise from rival…

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Folville’s Law in Order

by David Pilling 2 books 4.1(113)

Folville's Law follows Sir John Swale through the violent collapse of Edward II's government and the uncertain minority of Edward III. Set amid northern warfare, political murder, outlaw bands and the rise and fall of Roger Mortimer, the novels blend medieval crime with the struggle for control of…

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Robert the Bruce in Order

by Nigel Tranter 3 books 3.5(19)

Nigel Tranter’s Bruce Trilogy follows Robert Bruce from a politically divided Scottish magnate to the warrior-king who secured his country’s independence. Beginning during Edward I’s invasion of 1296, the sequence places Bruce between competing loyalties: his family’s claim to the throne, the resistance led by William Wallace, the…

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The Wars of the Roses Saga in Order

by David Field 2 books 4.3(81)

The Wars of the Roses Saga begins well before the fifteenth-century conflict, tracing the Plantagenet inheritance from the defeat of Simon de Montfort in 1265. The fictional Bywater family serves successive kings and discovers that royal patronage can restore an estate in one reign and destroy it in…

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Standalone books featuring Edward II of England (3 books)

Non Fiction

Non Fiction featuring Edward II of England (5 books)

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