- Politics and government, Kings and rulers, Biography, History
The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it into an empire stretched at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem. In this history, Jones resurrects this fierce and seductive royal dynasty and its mythic world.
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Epic, classical in form, earnest and grave.
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- Author
- Dan Jones
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 534
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780143124924
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