Dan Jones
The Plantagenets
- ISBN 13:
- 9780007213948
- author:
- Dan Jones
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- William Collins
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 672
- Dimensions:
- 19.6 x 13 x 4.6 cm
- Genre:
- Biography, British Royalty, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Plantagenets: The Kings who Made England The Plantagenet dynasty, which ruled England from the 12th to the 15th century, was a complex and often tumultuous period in British history. From the blood-soaked realm inherited from the Normans to the empire that stretched from Scotland to Jerusalem, this epic narrative history explores the courage, treachery, ambition, and deception of the royal family. Dan Jones brings to life the great kings of the Plantagenets, including Henry II and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard the Lionheart, and King John, who was forced to grant his people new rights under the Magna Carta. The book vividly recreates the great battles of Bannockburn, Crécy, and Sluys, and reveals how the maligned kings Edward II and Richard II met their downfalls. Set against the backdrop of chivalry, the Black Death, the Knights Templar, and the founding of parliament, this is a story of how England's national identity was forged by the sword.
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