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The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
Viking
April 2013
On Sale: April 18, 2013
560 pages
ISBN: 0670026654
EAN: 9780670026654
Kindle: B008EKMBJG
Hardcover / e-Book
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Historical
“Outstanding . . . A thrilling history of royal
intrigues, violent skullduggery and brutal warfare.” —Simon
Sebag Montefiore
The first Plantagenet king
inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and
transformed it into an empire 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, of
Robin Hood and the Knights Templar, the Black Death, the
founding of Parliament, the Black Prince, and the Hundred
Year’s War. It will appeal as much to readers of Tudor
history as to fans of Game of Thrones.
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