The Plantagenets
The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · April 18, 2013
The New York Times bestseller that tells the story of Britain’s greatest and worst dynasty—“a real-life Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)—by the author of The Templars 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.
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- Who it’s for
- A vivid dynastic history where royal ambition meets warfare, rebellion, and the making of English institutions.
- Themes
- The Plantagenet dynasty, English history and monarchy, Crusades and warfare
- Genres
- Medieval Britain (1066-1485), Royal Lives, Medieval History
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The New York Times bestseller that tells the story of Britain’s greatest and worst dynasty—“a real-life Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)—by the author of The Templars 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.
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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.
Power, Crowns, Consequences
A vivid dynastic history where royal ambition meets warfare, rebellion, and the making of English institutions.
Come here for
- The uneasy mix of royal family drama and hard political consequence
- Medieval warfare alongside Magna Carta, Parliament, and the Black Death
Expect
- A broad sweep from the first Plantagenet king through the Hundred Years’ War
- Famous rulers set within the era’s larger transformations
Where it sits
| Medieval Britain (1066-1485) | 99% |
|---|---|
| Royal Lives | 59% |
| Medieval History | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Royal Lives
- British History
- Medieval History
- Authors
- Dan Jones
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- April 18, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- The Plantagenet dynasty · English history and monarchy · Crusades and warfare
- Reading lane
- Royal Lives