An illustrated portrait of English society in the year of Magna Carta, from best-selling author Dan Jones.
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.
Beautifully illustrated, somewhere between a chronicle and a
coffee-table book... High politics, however, while intelligently
and entertainingly discussed here, function as a frame for a
travelogue through Plantagenet England' * The Times *
Most people know little of King John, apart from the fact he was
'bad' and lost his treasure in the Wash, but Dan Jones has
developed a novel way of presenting history... A fantastic read, as
well as a beautiful book to handle' * Oldie *
PRAISE FOR DAN JONES: 'Packed with moments that make you
stop in your track' Daily Telegraph. 'Exhilarating, epic,
sword-swinging history... A skilful storyteller... He enlivens the
narrative with bloodcurdling details and arresting turns of
phrase... There is also fine scholarly intuition' TLS, on
The Templars. 'Jones carries the Templars through the
crusades with clarity and verve. This is unabashed narrative
history, fast-paced and full of incident... Jones tells their story
extremely well' Sunday Times, on The Templars.
'Voyages, battles, sieges and slaughter: Dan Jones's tumultuous and
thrilling history of the crusades is one of the best... Jones is
exceptionally good at giving evocative snapshots of medieval life,
sometimes poignant, sometimes pure Monty Python' Sunday
Times, on Crusaders. 'A powerful story brilliantly told.
Dan Jones writes with pace, wit and insight' -- Helen Castor, on
Crusaders
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