The Plantagenets, Dan Jones
The Plantagenets, Dan Jones
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The Plantagenets
The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England

Author: Dan Jones

Narrator: Clive Chafer

Unabridged: 20 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/18/2013


Synopsis

The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it into an empire that 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. 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, Robin Hood, and the Knights Templar, the era of the Black Death, the Black Prince, the founding of Parliament, and the Hundred Years War.

About Dan Jones

Dan Jones is a freelance writer and author based in Brooklyn, New York. Originally from the UK, he has previously covered men's style and grooming as an editor for several fashion and lifestyle magazines - including the New York Times' Wirecutter - and e-commerce brands. A big myth nerd and martini fan, Dan has published books on both legendary queer mythological characters and cocktails alongside a series of fashion titles.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mara on February 09, 2017

Full disclosure—I undoubtedly read this book too soon after finishing The Tudors. While the overlapping content is minimal, and the authors differ somewhat stylistically, both books are broad sweeping histories featuring lots of kings and queens (many of whom shared the same names). Give......more

Goodreads review by Anastasia on May 21, 2012

It began with a ship wreck. The year is 1120. The vessel in question is the White Ship, leaving France for England, setting sail in the dark on a late November night. All on board were in a party mood, including, according to some accounts, the crew. The wine and ale has been flowing with liberality......more

Goodreads review by Brendan on March 01, 2025

It's hard to call a 500 page book breezy, but everything I have read from Dan Jones can be described that way. In The Plantagenets, Jones tells the story of the royal house of England which spans the years from the tail end of the 1100s to nearly 1500. This is a lot and Jones admits as much in his p......more

Goodreads review by Sean Barrs on May 17, 2017

I have been reading this book for over three years. It covers a huge amount of English history, far too much to fairly condense into a review. I read it in conjunction with Shakespeare’s history plays, and I found those particular monarchs more interesting as a result. The knowledge of the actual ev......more

Goodreads review by Leanda on September 08, 2013

It has been a week of competitive reading in the de Lisle household. Bed time, back to back: he reading George RR Martin’s hugely popular Game of Thrones fantasy series; me reading Dan Jones’s The Plantagenets. We both read into the night. But I was the one unable to stop myself reading passages out......more