The Plantagenets Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Dan Jones
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
338

The Plantagenets by Dan Jones Book Summary

The New York Times bestseller, from the author of Powers and Thrones, that tells the story of Britain’s greatest and worst dynasty—“a real-life Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)

The first Plantagenet kings inherited a blood-soaked realm from the Normans and transformed it into an empire that stretched at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem. In this epic narrative history of courage, treachery, ambition, and deception, Dan Jones resurrects the unruly royal dynasty that preceded the Tudors. They produced England’s best and worst kings: Henry II and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, twice a queen and the most famous woman in Christendom; their son Richard the Lionheart, who fought Saladin in the Third Crusade; and his conniving brother King John, who was forced to grant his people new rights under the Magna Carta, the basis for our own bill of rights. Combining the latest academic research with a gift for storytelling, Jones vividly recreates the great battles of Bannockburn, Crécy, and Sluys and reveals how the maligned kings Edward II and Richard II met their downfalls. This is the era of chivalry and the Black Death, the Knights Templar, the founding of parliament, and the Hundred Years’ War, when England’s national identity was forged by the sword.

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Book Name The Plantagenets
Genre European History
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 10.72 MB

The Plantagenets (Dan Jones) Book Reviews 2024

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Historical Page-Turner. Dan Jones’ The Plantagenets transforms soporific classroom fodder into a vibrant and compelling narrative. Contemporary sources paint a vivid picture of a sophisticated and turbulent period, with the ebb and flow of triumph and tragedy framed by the human foibles that drove them. Compelling reading.

The Plantagenets. A very enjoyable as informative read.

Awesome. Great way to learn your history and how kings and Queens started.

Outstanding Survey. This is an outstanding historical survey of the English Plantagenet Dynasty which ruled England in the Middle Ages from 1120 to 1399. The book is well-research, thoughtful, and makes sure to describe more than the battles. The book discusses how the English legal system developed, how the Magna Carta had a long-lasting impace on Middle Ages England. The writing style is quite good as well. Anyone interested in English or American history should read this book very carefully.

Really interesting!. I really enjoyed this book. It is informative but not in a dry way. It is great storytelling about a really interesting time in European history. The characters of history are brought to life and the way Dan jones tells this story bridges the gap between the time the characters lived so long ago and today.

Amazing. Great book

I Loved This Book. At 750 pages, I wasn't sure I would ever finish it. I downloaded sample first, but got so "into" it, that ended up buying it. It is quite a page-turner. I had never read about most of these kings. But it was really good. I recommend this book.

Constitution. This reading helped me to understand the growth and development of British constitutional history. As an American reader I know that my country's history is a part of this tradition.

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Summary of The Plantagenets by Dan Jones

The The Plantagenets book written by Dan Jones was published on 18 April 2013, Thursday in the European History category. A total of 338 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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