• Preface; Introduction: writing to the King; 1. Defending Anglia; 2. Attacking Scotland: Edward I and the 1290s; 3. Regime change; 4. The destruction of England: crisis and complaint c.1300–41; 5. Love letters to Edward III; Envoy.

'… this book is to be welcomed for its ambitious contribution to the history of political writing in the century before the great Ricardian poets.' The Review of English Studies

• Preface; Introduction: writing to the King; 1. Defending Anglia; 2. Attacking Scotland: Edward I and the 1290s; 3. Regime change; 4. The destruction of England: crisis and complaint c.1300–41; 5. Love letters to Edward III; Envoy.

'… this book is to be welcomed for its ambitious contribution to the history of political writing in the century before the great Ricardian poets.' The Review of English Studies

• Preface; Introduction: writing to the King; 1. Defending Anglia; 2. Attacking Scotland: Edward I and the 1290s; 3. Regime change; 4. The destruction of England: crisis and complaint c.1300–41; 5. Love letters to Edward III; Envoy.

'… this book is to be welcomed for its ambitious contribution to the history of political writing in the century before the great Ricardian poets.' The Review of English Studies