The Plantagenets

The Kings Who Made England

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The Plantagenets

By: Dan Jones

Narrated by: Dan Jones

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Summary

This brilliant new audiobook explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. The Plantagenets – their story is the story of Britain.

England’s greatest royal dynasty, the Plantagenets, ruled over England through eight generations of kings. Their remarkable reign saw England emerge from the Dark Ages to become a highly organised kingdom that spanned a vast expanse of Europe. Plantagenet rule saw the establishment of laws and creation of artworks, monuments and tombs which survive to this day, and continue to speak of their sophistication, brutality and secrets.

Dan Jones brings you a new vision of this battle-scarred history. From the Crusades, to King John’s humbling over Magna Carta and the tragic reign of the last Plantagenet, Richard II – this is a blow-by-blow account of England’s most thrilling age.

Dan JonesDan JonesWilliam Collins

Europe

Great Britain

Historical

Medieval

Politics & Activism

Royalty

England

Middle Ages

United Kingdom

Law

Tudor

Crusade

Europe Great Britain Historical Medieval Politics & Activism Royalty England Middle Ages United Kingdom Law Tudor Crusade

Critic reviews

‘Stonking narrative history told with pace, wit and scholarship about the bloody dynasty that produced some of England’s most brilliant, brutal kings’ Observer

‘Colourful and engaging … Jones has produced an absorbing narrative that will help ensure that the Plantagenet story remains stamped on the English imagination’ Sunday Times

‘Unapologetically about powerful people, their foibles, their passions and their weaknesses … vivid descriptions of battles and tournaments, ladies in fine velvet and knights in shining armour crowd the pages of this highly engaging narrative’ Evening Standard

‘Action-packed … Filled with fighting, personality clashes, betrayal and bouts of the famous Plantagenet rage’ Daily Telegraph

‘Dan Jones expertly weaves an enormous medieval tapestry, ranging from the Middles East of Richard the Lionheart's Third Crusade to the battlefields of the Hundred Years War’ Sunday Telegraph

‘This is an unashamedly royal history and even the most insatiable appetite for chivalric deeds and aristocratic violence will be sated by its conclusion’ Sunday Times

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I usually struggle with audiobooks of this length but the really structured and chronological way he set out the book really helped focus my attention.

It gives a really good overview of all the key events while being easy to follow. The most interesting bits were probably the murder of Thomas Becket and just the general explanations of how parliaments were set up and how the principle of law developed.

The only criticisms I would have is that occasionally I felt like there were too many names of various Earls and Barons that no one could possibly be expected to remember and I thought the Black Death was skated over quite quickly given its importance in the overall context of the Peasants’ Revolt. But it was really enjoyable and I would definitely recommend.