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Dan Jones

1981

4 fiction · 10 non-fiction

Dan Jones writes accessible medieval history and historical fiction, with particular strengths in dynastic conflict, warfare and the lives of ordinary soldiers.

Dan Jones was born in Reading in 1981 and studied history at the University of Cambridge. He established himself as a historian, journalist and television presenter through work that combines narrative pace with close attention to political structures and surviving evidence. His nonfiction includes The Plantagenets, The Hollow Crown, The Templars, Crusaders, Powers and Thrones and Henry V, covering subjects from medieval kingship and religious warfare to the broader development of European power.

Jones moved into historical fiction with the Essex Dogs trilogy, beginning with Essex Dogs and continuing through Wolves of Winter and Lion Hearts. The novels follow a small company of English soldiers during the opening campaigns of the Hundred Years’ War, shifting attention away from royal ceremony toward hunger, discipline, plunder and the unstable loyalties of men fighting for pay. His background as a historian gives the books a firm chronological framework, while the fictional company allows him to explore experiences that elite chronicles record only indirectly. Jones is especially useful for readers interested in the Plantagenets, the Crusades and late medieval campaigning.

Periods and events

Angevin Empire1154–1214 CE Battle of Agincourt1415 CE Battle of Crécy1346 CE Black Death1347–1351 CE Crusades1095–1291 CE Early Tudor Consolidation1485–1509 CE Glyndŵr Rising1400–1415 CE Hundred Years’ War1337–1453 CE Late Medievalc. 1300–1500 CE Magna Carta1215 CE Medieval Periodc. 476–1500 CE Military Ordersc. 1119–1500 CE Peasants’ Revolt1381 CE Plantagenet England1154–1485 CE Siege of Calais1346–1347 Wars of the Roses1455–1487 CE

Historical fiction

Historical fiction series by Dan Jones (1 series)

Essex Dogs in Order

by Dan Jones 3 books 4.3(10,371)

The Essex Dogs trilogy follows a small company of archers, men-at-arms and camp followers through the opening campaigns of the Hundred Years’ War. Led by the battle-worn Loveday FitzTalbot, the Dogs include the young archer Romford, the formidable Scotsman, the resourceful Pismire and the former priest known as…

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Standalone historical fiction by Dan Jones (1 book)

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Non-fiction

Non-fiction by Dan Jones (10 books)

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