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In this riveting follow-up to \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Plantagenets\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrated historian Dan Jones describes how the longest-reigning British royal family tore itself apart until it was finally replaced by the Tudors.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSome of the greatest heroes and villains of history were thrown together in these turbulent times, from Joan of Arc to Henry V, whose victory at Agincourt marked the high point of the medieval monarchy, and 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.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Good E-Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47542477652242,"sku":"","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1009\/1026\/files\/TheWarsoftheRoses.jpg?v=1700641284"},{"product_id":"the-plantagenets","title":"The Plantagenets","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller that tells the story of Britain's greatest and worst dynasty--\"a real-life \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e)--by the author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Templars.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe 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 epic history, Dan Jones vividly resurrects this fierce and seductive royal dynasty and its mythic world. We meet the captivating Eleanor of Aquitaine, twice queen and the most famous woman in Christendom; her son, Richard the Lionheart, who fought Saladin in the Third Crusade; and King John, a tyrant who was forced to sign Magna Carta, which formed the basis of our own Bill of Rights. This is the era of chivalry, of Robin Hood and the Knights Templar, the Black Death, the founding of Parliament, the Black Prince, and the Hundred Year's War. 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Known as the Essex Dogs, this band of mercenaries travels through war-torn France facing brutal combat, political intrigue, and the harsh realities of medieval warfare. As the soldiers struggle with fear, ambition, friendship, and violence, each man is forced to confront the personal cost of war. With vivid historical detail, intense action, and emotionally complex characters, Dan Jones brings medieval Europe to life in a powerful and cinematic way. Combining historical authenticity with gripping storytelling, the novel offers a raw and compelling look at brotherhood and survival on the battlefield. This thrilling \u003cstrong data-start=\"876\" data-end=\"890\"\u003ePDF E-Book\u003c\/strong\u003e is perfect for readers who enjoy historical fiction filled with warfare, adventure, and rich character development. Download Essex Dogs today from Good E-Books and march into the brutal world of medieval war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Good E-Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47542620553490,"sku":"","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1009\/1026\/files\/EssexDogs.jpg?v=1700644157"},{"product_id":"summer-of-blood","title":"Summer of Blood","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"27\" data-end=\"915\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"27\" data-end=\"44\"\u003eSummer of Blood\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eDan Jones\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is a gripping historical account of the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, one of the most dramatic uprisings in medieval English history. Through vivid storytelling and detailed historical research, Dan Jones brings to life the political unrest, social tensions, and violent conflict that erupted during a period of economic hardship and political instability. The book explores the motivations, ambitions, and struggles of both rulers and ordinary people caught in a rapidly changing society. Addressing themes of power, rebellion, inequality, leadership, and social change, this compelling \u003cstrong data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"684\"\u003ePDF E-Book\u003c\/strong\u003e offers readers an immersive journey into medieval history and the forces that shaped a nation. 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The vision takes in whole imperial landscapes but also makes room for intimate portraits of key individuals, and even some poems.\"\u003ci\u003e—Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A lively history . . . [Jones] has managed to touch every major topic. As each piece of the puzzle is placed into position, the modern world gradually comes into view . . . \u003ci\u003ePowers and Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e provides the reader with a framework for understanding a complicated subject, and it tells the story of an essential era of world history with skill and style.\"\u003ci\u003e—The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author returns with an epic history of the medieval world—a rich and complicated reappraisal of an era whose legacy and lessons we are still living with today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the once-mighty city of Rome was sacked by barbarians in 410 and lay in ruins, it signaled the end of an era--and the beginning of a thousand years of profound transformation. In a gripping narrative bursting with big names—from St Augustine and Attila the Hun to the Prophet Muhammad and Eleanor of Aquitaine—Dan Jones charges through the history of the Middle Ages. \u003ci\u003ePowers and Throne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003es takes readers on a journey through an emerging Europe, the great capitals of late Antiquity, as well as the influential cities of the Islamic West, and culminates in the first European voyages to the Americas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe medieval world was forged by the big forces that still occupy us today: climate change, pandemic disease, mass migration, and technological revolutions. This was the time when the great European nationalities were formed; when the basic Western systems of law and governance were codified; when the Christian Churches matured as both powerful institutions and the regulators of Western public morality; and when art, architecture, philosophical inquiry and scientific invention went through periods of massive, revolutionary change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe West was rebuilt on the ruins of an empire and emerged from a state of crisis and collapse to dominate the world. Every sphere of human life and activity was transformed in the thousand years covered by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePowers and Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. As we face a critical turning point in our own millennium, Dan Jones shows that how we got here matters more than ever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Good E-Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51640282415378,"sku":null,"price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1009\/1026\/files\/PowersandThrones_4cde4166-20bf-42f3-8688-ec2d0e4d2631.jpg?v=1759476751"},{"product_id":"crusaders","title":"Crusaders","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA major new history of the Crusades with an unprecedented wide scope, told in a tableau of portraits of people on all sides of the wars, from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Templars\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor more than one thousand years, Christians and Muslims lived side by side, sometimes at peace and sometimes at war. When Christian armies seized Jerusalem in 1099, they began the most notorious period of conflict between the two religions. Depending on who you ask, the fall of the holy city was either an inspiring legend or the greatest of horrors. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrusaders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Dan Jones interrogates the many sides of the larger story, charting a deeply human and avowedly pluralist path through the crusading era.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExpanding the usual timeframe, Jones looks to the roots of Christian-Muslim relations in the eighth century and tracks the influence of crusading to present day. He widens the geographical focus to far-flung regions home to so-called enemies of the Church, including Spain, North Africa, southern France, and the Baltic states. By telling intimate stories of individual journeys, Jones illuminates these centuries of war not only from the perspective of popes and kings, but from Arab-Sicilian poets, Byzantine princesses, Sunni scholars, Shi'ite viziers, Mamluk slave soldiers, Mongol chieftains, and barefoot friars.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrusading remains a rallying call to this day, but its role in the popular imagination ignores the cooperation and complicated coexistence that were just as much a feature of the period as warfare. The age-old relationships between faith, conquest, wealth, power, and trade meant that crusading was not only about fighting for the glory of God, but also, among other earthly reasons, about gold. 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Seldom does one find serious scholarship so easy to read.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, this major new history of the knights Templar is \"a fresh, muscular and compelling history of the ultimate military-religious crusading order, combining sensible scholarship with narrative swagger\" - Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of \u003ci\u003eJerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA faltering war in the middle east. A band of elite warriors determined to fight to the death to protect Christianity's holiest sites. A global financial network unaccountable to any government. A sinister plot founded on a web of lies.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eJerusalem 1119. A small group of knights seeking a purpose in the violent aftermath of the First Crusade decides to set up a new order. 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The fragile peace it established would last only two months, but its principles have reverberated over the centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJones's riveting narrative follows the story of the Magna Carta's creation, its failure, and the war that subsequently engulfed England, and charts the high points in its unexpected afterlife. Reissued by King John's successors it protected the Church, banned unlawful imprisonment, and set limits to the exercise of royal power. It established the principle that taxation must be tied to representation and paved the way for the creation of Parliament.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1776 American patriots, inspired by that long-ago defiance, dared to pick up arms against another English king and to demand even more far-reaching rights. 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