The Plantagenets

Name: The Plantagenets
Rating: 4.5 (7318 reviews)

by Dan Jones

First published 2012

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The Plantagenets follows England’s ruling dynasty from Henry II’s accession in 1154 to the deposition of Richard II in 1399. Dan Jones presents a family that built an extensive cross-Channel dominion, fought repeated wars within itself and transformed English government through disputes over succession, taxation, law and the relationship between crown and nobility.

Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard I, King John, William Marshal and the later Edwards appear within a narrative that includes Magna Carta, conquest in Wales, conflict with Scotland and France, parliament, plague and rebellion. The United States edition was published as The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England. The book combines dynastic biography with institutional history, showing how personal ambition and family rivalry helped shape the medieval English state.

Historical Periods

Angevin Empire1154–1214 CE Plantagenet England1154–1485 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Dynastic & Royal Fiction War Fiction

Historical people

Eleanor of Aquitaine1124–1204 Richard I of England1157–1199 John, King of England1166–1216 John of Gaunt1340–1399 Richard II1367–c. 1400 Edward I of England1239–1307 Edward III of England1312–1377 Edward II of England1284–1327 Edward, the Black Prince1330–1376 William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke1146–1219