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The Plantagenets de Dan Jones

The Plantagenets

Autor Dan Jones
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 iul 2013

Considerăm acest volum un manual de istorie narativă esențial pentru înțelegerea fundamentelor Angliei moderne. The Plantagenets nu este doar o simplă trecere în revistă a datelor cronologice, ci o reconstrucție vibrantă a celei mai longevive dinastii britanice, care a transformat un tărâm măcinat de conflicte într-un imperiu ce se întindea, la apogeu, din Scoția până la Ierusalim. Găsim în paginile sale o analiză detaliată a modului în care figuri legendare precum Eleanor of Aquitaine sau Richard the Lionheart au modelat nu doar granițele, ci și structura legislativă și parlamentară pe care o recunoaștem astăzi. Autorul Dan Jones reușește să mențină un ritm alert, comparabil cu cel al unui roman de capă și spadă, fără a sacrifica rigoarea istorică. Acoperă aceeași arie tematică precum The Plantagenet Empire 1154-1224 de Martin Aurell, dar cu o abordare mult mai dinamică și mai accesibilă, orientată spre portretele psihologice ale regilor și reginelor. Dacă în alte lucrări ale sale, precum Henry V sau Lion Hearts, autorul se concentrează pe segmente biografice sau perioade specifice, aici oferă o viziune de ansamblu, panoramică. Textul este susținut de planșe ilustrate care ajută la vizualizarea epocii cavalerismului și a cruciadelor, oferind contextul necesar pentru a înțelege tranziția de la feudalism la statul de drept prin documente fundamentale precum Magna Carta.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780007213948
ISBN-10: 0007213948
Pagini: 672
Ilustrații: (16pp B/W plates); (16pp B/W plates)
Dimensiuni: 126 x 198 x 48 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte cititorilor pasionați de istorie medievală care caută o narațiune captivantă, nu doar o listă de ani și bătălii. Veți câștiga o perspectivă clară asupra modului în care intrigile de la curte și conflictele dinastice au pus bazele democrației parlamentare. Este resursa ideală pentru a înțelege contextul real care a inspirat fenomene culturale precum Game of Thrones, oferind o bază factuală solidă prezentată într-un stil extrem de fluid.

Despre autor

Dan Jones este un istoric britanic de renume, prezentator TV și jurnalist, educat la Pembroke College, Cambridge. Specializat în perioada medievală, Jones s-a impus ca unul dintre cei mai populari istorici contemporani prin capacitatea sa de a transforma cercetarea academică în bestselleruri internaționale. Opera sa vastă include titluri de referință precum The Wars of the Roses și Powers and Thrones, consolidându-i reputația de narator de excepție al istoriei britanice și europene. Stilul său se distinge prin rigoare documentară dublată de o abilitate rară de a aduce la viață personalități istorice complexe.

Descriere

This brilliant new book explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. The Plantagenets - their story is the story of Britain.

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Praise for The Plantagenets

“Like the medieval chroniclers he quarries for juicy anecdotes, Jones has opted for a bold narrative approach anchored firmly upon the personalities of the monarchs themselves yet deftly marshaling a vast supporting cast of counts, dukes, and bishops. . . . Fast-paced and accessible, The Plantagenets is old-fashioned storytelling and will be particularly appreciated by those who like their history red in tooth and claw. Mr. Jones tackles his subject with obvious relish.”
—The Wall Street Journal

“Delicious . . . Jones has produced a rollicking, compelling book produced a rollicking, compelling book about a rollicking, compelling dynasty, one that makes the Tudors who followed them a century later look like ginger pussycats. . . . The Plantagenets is told with the latest historical evidence and rich in detail and scene-setting. You can almost smell the sea salt as the White Ship sinks, and hear the screams of the tortured at the execution grounds at Tyburn.”
—USA Today

“Jones has brought the Plantagenets out of the shadows, revealing them in all their epic heroism and depravity. His is an engaging and readable account—itself an accomplishment given the gaps in medieval sources and a 300-year tableau—and yet researched with the exacting standards of an academician. The result is an enjoyable, often harrowing journey through a bloody, insecure era in which many of the underpinnings of English kingship and ¬Anglo-American constitutional thinking were formed.”
—The Washington Post

“Brilliant and entertaining . . . a set of fine vignettes relating dynastic life, death, war, peace, governance, and palace intrigues. The result is a history book that frequently reads like a novel and can be opened to any chapter.”
—Tampa Bay Times

“Blood-soaked medieval England springs to vivid life in Jones’s highly readable, authoritative, and assertive history.”
—Publishers Weekly

“They may lack the glamour of the Tudors or the majesty of the Victorians, but the Plantagenets are just as essential to the foundation of modern Britain. . . . The great battles against the Scots and French and the subjugation of the Welsh make for thrilling reading but so do the equally enthralling struggles over succession, the Magna Carta, and the Provisions of Oxford. . . . Written with prose that keeps the reader captivated throughout accounts of the span of centuries and the not-always-glorious trials of kingship, this book is at all times approachable, academic, and entertaining.”
—Booklist

“A novelistic historical account of the bloodline that ‘stamped their mark forever on the English imagination’ . . . Perhaps Jones’ regular column in the London Standard has given him a different slant on history; however he manages, it’s certainly to our benefit. . . . For enjoyable historical narratives, this book is a real winner.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“A riveting portrait of the royal lineage from Henry II through Richard II . . . Despite the density caused by any attempt to cram centuries of English history into one volume, Jones manages to create a work that is highly accessible to readers with only a basic knowledge of this era. . . . This is an excellent study of the period, both an overview and a series of character studies. It will be thoroughly enjoyed by Anglophile history buffs and others who love popular history or even historical fiction.”
—Library Journal

“Outstanding . . . Majestic in its sweep, compelling in its storytelling, this is narrative history at its best. A thrilling dynastic history of royal intrigues, violent skullduggery, and brutal warfare across two centuries of British history.”
—Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Jerusalem: The Biography

“The Plantagenets played a defining part in shaping the nation of England, and Dan Jones tells their fascinating story with wit, verve, and vivid insight. This is exhilarating history—a fresh and gloriously compelling portrait of a brilliant, brutal, and bloody-minded dynasty.”
—Helen Castor, author of She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England before Elizabeth

“This is history at its most epic and thrilling. I would defy anyone not to be right royally entertained by it.”
—Tom Holland, author of Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic

“Jones has written a magnificently rich and glittering medieval pageant, guiding us into the distant world of the Plantagenets with confidence. This riveting history of an all-too-human ruling House amply confirms the arrival of a formidably gifted historian.”
—Sunday Telegraph

“Entertaining and informative . . . Jones has produced an absorbing narrative that will help ensure that the Plantagenet story remains ‘stamped on the English imagination’ for another generation.”
—Sunday Times (London)

“Traditional narrative history at its best.”
—The Spectator

“Jones, a protégé of David Starkey, writes with his mentor's erudition but also exhibits novelistic verve and sympathy. . . . This is a great popular history, whether you are au fait with the machinations of medievalism or whether Magna Carta mystifies you. . . . The Plantagenets is proof that contemporary history can engage with the medieval world with style, wit and chutzpah.”
—The Observer (London)

“This action-packed narrative is, above all, a great story, filled with fighting, personality clashes, betrayal and bouts of the famous Plantagenet rage. . . . Jones is an impressive guide to this tumultuous scene. . . . The Plantagenets succeeds in bringing an extraordinary family arrestingly to life.”
—Daily Telegraph

“An excellent book . . . The Plantagenets is a wonderful gallop through English history. Powerful personalities, vivid descriptions of battles and tournaments, ladies in fine velvet and knights in shining armour crowd the pages of this highly engaging narrative.”
—The Evening Standard

Notă biografică

Dan Jones is an award-winning historian of the Middle Ages who writes a regular column for London’s Evening Standard. He is also the author of Summer of Blood, an Independent Book of the Year. He lives in London.