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Edward Longshanks  - Jean Plaidy Edward Longshankshistorical fictionpub 1979autumn 2011edward IseriesPlantagenetNo, I am not reading this series in order!You know that period of history where every woman ever born (well almost *shrugs in mock amusement*) was called Matilda, or derivative thereof, here we have the era of the Eleanors... every female from the foulest midden born to the loftiest throne is named thusly. Boring? well yes, however it is still not as boring as modern pop music, now is it!What a lot of difference in what was acceptable, fictional history wise, in 1979 and that which is deemed de rigeur nowadays (Philippa Gregory notwithstanding). This is painfully too familiar in tone.However, lighten up, this is Edward I and he is a loving conscientious family man who ::Meant:Well::