Edward IV (Penguin Monarchs)

<p><b>'Edward was a man of considerable charm who perhaps relied too much upon that charm to keep tensions within his entourage at bay' </b><br><br>In 1461 Edward earl of March a handsome charismatic eighteen-year old usurped the English throne during the first and most fierce of the Wars of the Roses. The years that followed witnessed a period that has been described as a golden age. Yet argues A. J. Pollard Edward was a man of limited vision who squandered his talents and failed to secure his own dynasty.</p>