内容简介
TheymaylacktheglamouroftheTudorsorthemajestyoftheVictorians,butinJones’latestbook,thePlantagenetsarejustasessentialtothefoundationofmodernBritain.Ashechroniclestheentiredynasty,beginningwithGeoffreyofAnjou(commonl
作者简介
DanJonesisahistorianandanaward-winningjournalist.Hisfirstbook,SummerofBlood:ThePeasants'Revoltof1381,waspublishedin2009andwasanIndependentbookoftheyear.Hissecondbook,publishedintheUKasThePlantagenets:TheKingsWhoMadeEngland,andintheUSAasThePlantagenets:TheWarriorKingsAndQueensWhoMadeEngland,wasa#1bestsellerandabookoftheyearintheObserver,TheTimesandtheSundayTelegraph.DanstudiedhistoryatCambridgeUniversity,wherehewastaughtbyDavidStarkeyandHelenCastor.HegraduatedwithaFirstin2002.AsajournalisthewritesaregularcolumnfortheLondonEveningStandardandisalsopublishedwidelyonbothsidesoftheAtlantic,intheTimes,theSundayTimes,theDailyTelegraph,TheSpectator,TheNewStatesman,TheLiteraryReview,GQ,TheDailyBeast,NewsweekandtheWallStreetJournal.HelivesinLondonwithhiswifeanddaughters.
