Full name: The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England

Author: Dan Jones Year: 2012 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Biographies Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads OpenLibrary Barns&Noble eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780143124924 0143124927

The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it into an empire stretched at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem. In this epic history, Dan Jones vividly resurrects this fierce and seductive royal dynasty and its mythic world. We meet the captivating Eleanor of Aquitaine, twice queen and the most famous woman in Christendom; her son, Richard the Lionheart, who fought Saladin in the Third Crusade; and King John, a tyrant who was forced to sign Magna Carta, which formed the basis of our own Bill of Rights. This is the era of chivalry, of Robin Hood and the Knights Templar, the Black Death, the founding of Parliament, the Black Prince, and the Hundred Year's War. It will appeal as much to readers of Tudor history as to fans of 'Game of Thrones. Similar books: The Magnificent Century by Thomas B. Costain The Conquering Family by Thomas B. Costain The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer The Last Plantagenets by Thomas B. Costain The Norman Conquest by Marc Morris Four Gothic Kings by Elizabeth Hallam The Wars of the Roses by Dan Jones The Wars of the Roses by Alison Weir Foundation by Peter Ackroyd Tudors by Peter Ackroyd The Three Edwards by Thomas B. Costain The Year 1000 by Robert Lacey The Plantagenet Chronicles by Elizabeth Hallam 1066 by David Howarth The English and Their History by Robert Tombs The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir Rebel Yell by S. C. Gwynne Things We Couldn't Say by Diet Eman