A vivid, in-the-round portrait of English society in the year of Magna Carta.
Dan Jones is a historian, broadcaster and award-winning journalist. His books, including The Plantagenets, Magna Carta, The Templars and The Colour of Time (with Marina Amaral), have sold more than one million copies worldwide. He has written and hosted dozens of TV shows including the acclaimed Netflix/Channel 5 series, Secrets of Great British Castles. His writing has appeared in newspapers and magazines including the London Evening Standard, the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian, GQ and The Spectator.
Wonderfully engaging... commanding and piercingly insightful. His
book is packed with moments that make you stop in your tracks'
*Daily Telegraph*
A very colourful and entertaining volume
*The Bookbag*
Jones has a terrific eye for humanising stories and the telling
detail... it is the snapshots of life as it was lived that make
this book so engaging'
*Daily Telegraph*
An insightful overview of the state of England 800 years ago
*History Revealed Book of the Month*
Jones expertly guides us through this turbulent period and sheds
fascinating light on life in Plantagenet England
*The Irish Mail*
Jones writes in a very readable style
*Battlefield Magazine*
Jones is to be congratulated for telling his story with panache and
originality. He deserves to be widely read
*BBC History Magazine*
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