by Mike Voyce
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Note from the Author
If you read Joseph Campbell, “The Power of Myth”, you will see that “Edward” breaks all the rules. But, and for all of that, the power of Edward is irresistible.
From Classical times to the present, writers have credited inspiration for their work; never has this been truer than of the book you have just read, and I have had no choice in setting it before you.
Believe me, many of the scenes were not of my choosing; many of Edward’s actions would have been different, and the form of storytelling, also; if they were in my choosing. Most of all, I’d have given Edward a happy ending if I could.
I have always believed, before you speak, you should have something to say. The Truth of Edward demands to be told, and now you have it, and in some sense it has you, the errors of the last 500 years can start to be corrected.
I have been at pains to tell “Edward” as honestly as I can; the characters around Edward are as they were, without idealisation or amendment. For the characters around me, I give them my grateful thanks.
Of the characters known to History, little more need be said, the propaganda has been fractured and you can see to the truth.
Of those less well known, let me say such people lived, and their spirit is in this book as much as the great and noble.
Mike Voyce