David Horspool enjoys The Plantagenets by Dan Jones, an action-packed journey into the world of England’s longest-ruling dynasty. By David Horspool 21 May 2012 • 10:38am Richard II as depicted in the ...

King Richard III, whose severely wounded body disinterred from under a parking lot in the British Midlands was confirmed by DNA testing this week, was the last of the 14 Plantagenet monarchs who ruled ...

To mark the start of the brilliant Chalke Valley History Festival, leading historian Dan Jones salutes England’s greatest Royal dynasty England’s greatest Royal dynasty, The Plantagenets, ruled ...

The Normandy coastline, as the D-Day planners discovered, can be a tricky and treacherous shore. In November 1120, a large longboat, the White Ship, set sail for England from the small port of ...

In this thorough and illuminating work, Michael Prestwich provides a comprehensive study of Plantagenet England, a dramatic and turbulent period which saw many changes. In politics it saw Simon de ...

There have been 40 monarchs of England/Britain in the 10 centuries since a bastard French-Norman duke crossed the channel in 1066 to conquer and all that. You can count the good kings — that is, ...

Three elements make this documentary about 250 years of British history compelling. First is on-camera narrator Dan Jones, an expert on England’s medieval period, who walks through the actual places ...

What exactly has been found? The body of an adult male has been excavated from what is believed to be ruins of the choir area of the Grey Friars church in Leicester. It’s now a car park in the city ...

A French city which produced 14 English kings is demanding the Crown Jewels as compensation from the Queen for the murder of its last pretender to the throne. Angers, which is in the Loire Valley west ...