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  • In the Reign of King John

  • A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England
  • By: Dan Jones
  • Narrated by: Dugald Bruce Lockhart
  • Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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Weakened by the loss of Normandy, King John faced insurrection by his disgruntled barons. With the assistance of the archbishop of Canterbury, they drew up a list of their demands.

Dan Jones' vivid account of the vicissitudes of feudal power politics and the workings of 13th-century government is interwoven with an exploration of the lives of ordinary people: how and where they worked, what they wore, what they ate and what role the church played in their lives.
©2015 Dan Jones (P)2016 W F Howes
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  • Categories: History
Great Britain Medieval
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"Jones has a terrific eye for humanising stories and the telling detail...it is the snapshots of life as it was lived that make this book so engaging." (Daily Telegraph)

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A vital point in British history

Dan Jones does an excellent job in both telling the story of Magna Carta but also setting it in context, plus showing how it set down a marker, a standard to which kings were expected to adhere, however many times it's terms were breached.
The reader is less good, below the standard you expect here, dropping his voice at the end of every. single. sentence. It is maddeningly unprofessional but the text remains good.

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