Nicholas Hoare Reviews "Plantagenets" by Dan Jones
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12 سال پیش
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The Plantagenets ruled England for
The Plantagenets ruled England for twice as long as their eventual successors, the Tudors, yet remain curiously unknown by comparison.
This is finally about to change.
If Hilary Mantel catapulted the Tudors into fictional fashion, it is Dan Jones who is about to galvanise their predecessors. But this time it's the real McCoy. The Plantagenets is a whopping, meaty. dynastic history of eight generations of kings and queens, from Henry II and Helen of Aquitaine through Richard the Lionheart, the Black Prince and John of Gaunt. Bloody and brutal, and riddled with rage, they took that fledgling country by the scruff of her neck and thrust her forcibly forward, playing a defining role in her future.
A remarkable achievement for one so young, this is clearly a classic of its kind. Six hundred pages of exhilarating history, with a fluid pen to match.
Unreservedly recommended.
PLEASE VISIT US AT http://WWW.NICHOLASHOARE.COM FOR MORE BOOK REVIEWS.
This is finally about to change.
If Hilary Mantel catapulted the Tudors into fictional fashion, it is Dan Jones who is about to galvanise their predecessors. But this time it's the real McCoy. The Plantagenets is a whopping, meaty. dynastic history of eight generations of kings and queens, from Henry II and Helen of Aquitaine through Richard the Lionheart, the Black Prince and John of Gaunt. Bloody and brutal, and riddled with rage, they took that fledgling country by the scruff of her neck and thrust her forcibly forward, playing a defining role in her future.
A remarkable achievement for one so young, this is clearly a classic of its kind. Six hundred pages of exhilarating history, with a fluid pen to match.
Unreservedly recommended.
PLEASE VISIT US AT http://WWW.NICHOLASHOARE.COM FOR MORE BOOK REVIEWS.
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