Have started 'The Plantagenets' by Dan Jones. I wanted to learn more about this era as am shaky with my knowledge of the eras from Henry I up to Richard II. I heard that it wasn't like a dull history book and is indeed very involving and readable. From Amazon:
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“This brilliant new book explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. The Plantagenets – their story is the story of Britain.
England’s greatest royal dynasty, the Plantagenets, ruled over England through eight generations of kings. Their remarkable reign saw England emerge from the Dark Ages to become a highly organised kingdom that spanned a vast expanse of Europe. Plantagenet rule saw the establishment of laws and creation of artworks, monuments and tombs which survive to this day, and continue to speak of their sophistication, brutality and secrets.
Dan Jones brings you a new vision of this battle-scarred history. From the Crusades, to King John’s humbling over Magna Carta and the tragic reign of the last Plantagenet, Richard II – this is a blow-by-blow account of England’s most thrilling age.”
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plantagenets...s+by+dan+jones
At some stage I want to read the sequel also by Jones which is 'The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors'.