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The Demon's Brood

A History of the Plantagenet Dynasty

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The Demon's Brood

By: Desmond Seward
Narrated by: Michael Page
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The Plantagenets reigned over England longer than any other family - from Henry II to Richard III. Four kings were murdered, two came close to being deposed, and the last - and most notorious, Richard III - was killed in a battle by rebels. Shakespeare wrote plays about six of them, further entrenching them in the national myth. Based on major contemporary sources and recent research, acclaimed historian Desmond Seward provides the first accessible overview of the whole extraordinary dynasty, in one volume.

©2014 Desmond Seward (P)2017 Tantor Europe Great Britain Medieval England Middle Ages Royalty Scotland Tudor

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"This is popular history at its most buoyant and informative." ( Booklist)
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A good overall work but understandably much abridged as a long period retrospectives did confuse the flow on occasions as imagined that I had gone back by mistake!
Well narrated on the whole but did find the Americanism of the date format annoying. It is an English history after all

Good account of Plantagenet History

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Clear account of the reigns of the Plantagenet kings, excellent for anyone who wants an overview. A bit of a gallop so not suitable if you want a really detailed study. Good reading but a tad quick (best at 90% speed) and exacerbated by poor editing which has each section title following so close on the previous text as to sound like part of the same sentence.

Good intro to the dynasty

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Objective, no muss no fuss. highly recommended. Narrator has a good steady command of the work.

Objective, no muss no fuss. highly recommended.

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A very good introduction to the Plantagenet dynasty of the early millennium in Britain.

Good introduction to The Plantagenets

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Fascinating book let down by being read so quickly. Also some of the dates were wrong.

Too fast

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