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Dan Jones took a first in History from Pembroke College, Cambridge in 2002. He is an award-winning journalist and a pioneer of the resurgence of interest in medieval history. His first book on the Peasants' Revolt received widespread critical acclaim. This is his second book. He lives in London.
'Dan Jones's The Plantagenets is outstanding. Majestic in its sweep, compelling in its storytelling, this is narrative history at its best. A thrilling dynastic history of royal intrigues, violent skulduggery and brutal warfare across two centuries of British history.' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE, author of Jerusalem: The Biography 'Dan Jones tells the fascinating story with wit, verve and vivid insight. This is exhilarating history - a fresh and gloriously compelling portrait of a brilliant, brutal and bloody-minded dynasty.' HELEN CASTOR, author of She-Wolves 'Excellent...colourful and imaginative...it is unapologetically about powerful people, their foibles, their passions and their weaknesses... The Plantagenets is a wonderful gallop through English history in the traditional way. Powerful personalities, vivid descriptions of battles and tournaments, ladies in fine velvet and knights in shining armour crowd the pages of this highly engaging narrative' Evening Standard 'Bloody, brutal and brilliant' GQ magazine 'Action-packed narrative...a great story filled with fighting, personality clashes, betrayal and bouts of the famous Plantagenet rage...Jones is an impressively confident guide to this tumultuous scene...The Plantagenets succeeds in bringing an extraordinary family to life' Daily Telegraph
