The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England

The early Plantagenet kings inherited a blood-drenched kingdom from their Norman ancestors and turned it into an empire that stretched from Scotland to Palestine. In this epic chronicle of courage, betrayal, ambition and deceit, Dan Jones resurrects a recalcitrant royal line, each of whom was a remarkable and memorable figure. Before the eyes of the reader will pass: Henry II and his wife Eleanor ...