Morris tells the stories of the Bigods' changing fortunes through detailed study of documents [and] the two earls really come to life when he quotes contemporary chroniclers.
EASTERN DAILY PRESS
Engaging and tremendously informative.
THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW
Admirably thorough and full of new things... a most useful addition to studies of the thirteenth-century English aristocracy.
... Read moreEHR
(A) careful and well-crafted treatment of the meteoric rise and fall of one of England's great baronial families of the thirteenth century.
SPECULUM
This book is...without doubt important to our understanding of the thirteenth century on a number of levels. (It is) the product of extremely thorough and painstaking research and makes an illuminating and very important contribution to our understanding of thirteenth-century politics and government.
REVIEWS IN HISTORY
Marc Morris has mastered the huge amount of documentary evidence...to produce an eminently readable narrative.
SUFFOLK INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY NEWSLETTER
As always from Boydell, an excellent reference work for the scholar and interested reader alike.
HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW
Show Less