Name: In the Reign of King John: A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England
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Author: Dan Jones
ISBN: 9781838934828

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In the Reign of King John: A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England

Type

Physical Book

Author

Dan Jones

Publisher

Apollo

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

400

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781838934828

In the Reign of King John: A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England

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Synopsis "In the Reign of King John: A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England "

A new, beautifully illustrated edition of Realm Divided, Dan Jones's portrait of Plantagenet England in the reign of King John. 1215 was not just the year of Magna Carta and King John's war with his barons, but a year of crusading and church reform, of foreign wars and dramatic sieges, of trade and treachery; a year in which England was invaded by a French army and London was stormed by angry barons; and the supposedly impregnable castle at Rochester was brought down with burning pig fat.But this was also a year in which life, for most people, just went on. In the Reign of King John thus opens a window onto everyday life in thirteenth-century England: home and church, love and marriage, education and agriculture, outlawry and hunting, food and clothing. It offers a vivid and authoritative portrait – from royal court to peasant wedding – of medieval life in the round, as well as an exhilarating and revelatory exploration of the big themes of politics, warfare, religion, feudalism and the law during a transformative year in English history.Praise for Dan Jones: 'Commanding and piercingly insightful ... Packed with moments that make you stop in your tracks' Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year'When it comes to rip-roaring medieval narratives, Jones has few peers' Sunday Times'Jones has a terrific eye for humanising stories and the telling detail ... It is the snapshots of life as it was lived that make this book so engaging' Daily Telegraph'Jones is to be congratulated for telling his story with panache and originality. He deserves to be widely read' BBC History Magazine'Jones expertly guides us through this turbulent period and sheds fascinating light on life in Plantagenet England' Irish Times'Dan Jones is certainly an entertainer, but also a fine historian who knows how to render scholarship into accessible prose' The Times

Dan Jones

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Dan Jones (Reading, 1981) es un reconocido historiador, periodista, presentador de televisión y autor superventas británico, especializado en la Edad Media. Se graduó en el Pembroke College de Cambridge, donde fue discípulo del historiador David Starkey. Jones es célebre por acercar la historia medieval al gran público a través de un estilo divulgativo, dinámico y ameno.

Es autor de obras aclamadas internacionalmente como Los Plantagenet, Los Templarios: auge y caída de los guerreros de Dios, Los cruzados: la épica historia de las guerras por Tierra Santa y Poder y tronos: una nueva historia de la Edad Media. Sus libros han vendido más de dos millones de ejemplares y se han publicado en más de 20 idiomas.

Además de su faceta literaria, Jones ha presentado diversos documentales de televisión, destacando la popular serie de Netflix Secrets of Great British Castles (Secretos de los grandes castillos británicos). También es el creador y presentador del podcast semanal This Is History. En años recientes, ha incursionado en la ficción histórica con la trilogía Essex Dogs, centrada en la Guerra de los Cien Años. Su trabajo se caracteriza por un profundo rigor documental combinado con una narrativa vibrante.

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