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1 online resource (160 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
This is a major new biography of England's most irreligious king, famously killed accidentally whilst hunting in the new forest. The future William II was born in the late 1050s the third son of William the Conqueror. The younger William--nicknamed Rufus because of his ruddy cheeks--at first had no great expectations of succeeding to the throne. The situation changed when Robert, the Conqueror's eldest son, repeatedly rebelled against his father, and Richard, the king's second son, was killed in a hunting accident in the New Forest. When the Conqueror was dying in 1087, he designated William as heir to the English throne. Emma Mason's biography tells the story of William Rufus, King of England from 1087-1100, and reveals for the first time the truth behind his death, in the thirteenth year of his troubled reign, settling one of medieval England's most enduring mysteries. |
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Print version record. |
| Subject |
William II, King of England, 1056?-1100.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- History -- William II, Rufus, 1087-1100.
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Electronic books.
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| Note |
Subtitle appears on some electronic versions as: Life and mysterious death of William II of England |
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Print version: Mason, Emma King Rufus : The Life and Mysterious Death of William II of England New York : The History Press, c2012 9780752446356 |
| Standard No. |
9780752486833 |
| ISBN |
9780752486833 (e-pub) |
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