The great battles against the Scots and French and the subjugation of the Welsh make for thrilling reading but so do the equally enthralling struggles over succession, the Magna Carta, and the Provisions of Oxford. The result is a history book that frequently reads like a novel and can be opened to any chapter.”-Tampa Bay Times“Blood-soaked medieval England springs to vivid life in Jones’s highly readable, authoritative, and assertive history.”-Publishers Weekly“They may lack the glamour of the Tudors or the majesty of the Victorians, but the Plantagenets are just as essential to the foundation of modern Britain. a set of fine vignettes relating dynastic life, death, war, peace, governance, and palace intrigues. It will appeal as much to readers of Tudor history as to fans of Game of Thrones.ReviewPraise for *The Plantagenets*“Brilliant and entertaining. 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. 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.
In this epic history, Dan Jones vividly resurrects this fierce and seductive royal dynasty and its mythic world. A thrilling history of royal intrigues, violent skullduggery and brutal warfare.” -Simon Sebag MontefioreThe 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. The Essex Dogs? They fight for each other.Praise for Essex Dogs:'A new champion has entered the. And Loveday FitzTalbot, their battle-scarred captain, who just wants to get his boys home safe.Some men fight for glory. Romford, a talented young archer on the run from his past. Father, a priest turned devilish by the horrors of war.
Millstone, a stonemason who'll do anything to protect his men. Scotsman, strong enough to tear down a wall. With sword, axe and longbow, the Essex Dogs will fight, from the landing beaches of Normandy to the bloodsoaked field of Crécy.There's Pismire, small enough to infiltrate enemy camps. But this war belongs to the men on the ground.Swept up in the bloody chaos, a tight-knit company from Essex must stay alive long enough to see their home again. The Hundred Years' War has begun, and King Edward and his lords are on the march through France. The sensational historical fiction debut from Sunday Times besteller Dan Jones.
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