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. In this epic history, Dan Jones vividly resurrects this fierce and seductive royal dynasty and its mythic world. 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.
You can read this before The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England written by Dan Jones which was published in May 10, 2012. The family business Unraveling fortunes The good parliament New king, old problems England in uproar Return to crisis Treason and trauma The reinvention of kngship Richard revenged Richard undone Richard alone Epilogue.Brief Summary of Book: The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones
Royal coup Glorious king of a beggared kingdom New earls, new enemies The Hundred Years War begins Edward at sea Dominance The death of a princess The Order of the Garter Decade of triumph The king and his brother The king restrained Manhunt Promise and disaster New favorites Civil war The king's tyranny Mortimer, Isabella, and Prince Edward Endgame False dawn
King at last A new Arthur The final stand The king's castles The price of conquest The expulsion of the Jews The great cause and French trickery The conquest of Scotland Crisis point Relapse Salvaging the wreck A cruel master Beginning of the end To Bouvines The Magna Carta Securing the inheritance Kingship at last Holy kingship The provisions of Oxford The Battle of Lewes From imprisonment to Evesham The leopard Births and rebirth L'espace Plantagenet Unholy war Succession planning The eagle's nest Henry triumphant A world on fire King Richard Hero of the east Treachery An unexpected detour Return of the Lionheart Lackland supreme John Softsword Triumph and catastrophe Lackland undone The White Ship Hunt for an heir The shipwreck Ambition A scandalous wife Henry the Conqueror
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