Name: The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
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Author: Dan Jones
ISBN: 9780143127888

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The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

Type

Physical Book

Author

Dan Jones

Publisher

Penguin

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

416

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.36 kg.

ISBN13

9780143127888

Synopsis "The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors "

The author of Powers and Thrones and presenter of Netflix's Secrets of Great British Castles offers a vivid account of the events that inspired Game of Thrones and Shakespeare's Henry IV and Richard III Discover the real history behind The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses, the PBS Great Performance series of Shakespeare's plays, starring Judi Dench, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sofie Okenedo and Hugh Bonneville. The crown of England changed hands five times over the course of the fifteenth century, as two branches of the Plantagenet dynasty fought to the death for the right to rule. In this riveting follow-up to The Plantagenets, celebrated historian Dan Jones describes how the longest-reigning British royal family tore itself apart until it was finally replaced by the Tudors. Some of the greatest heroes and villains of history were thrown together in these turbulent times, from Joan of Arc and Henry V, whose victory at Agincourt marked the high point of the medieval monarchy, to Richard III, who murdered his own nephews in a desperate bid to secure his stolen crown. This was a period when headstrong queens and consorts seized power and bent men to their will. With vivid descriptions of the battles of Towton and Bosworth, where the last Plantagenet king was slain, this dramatic narrative history revels in bedlam and intrigue. It also offers a long-overdue corrective to Tudor propaganda, dismantling their self-serving account of what they called the Wars of the Roses. "If you're a fan of Game of Thrones or The Tudors then Dan Jones' swashbucklingly entertaining slice of medieval history will be right up your alley... Every bit as entertaining and readable as his previous blockbuster The Plantagenets." - Daily Express

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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