Dan Jones

La biografía definitiva del gran rey guerrero de la Edad Media En otoño de 1415, un joven rey inglés condujo a un ejército exhausto hacia una victoria imposible. En Azincourt, frente a un enemigo mu

La historia definitiva de la Orden del Temple. Jerusalén, 1119. Tras la violencia de la Primera Cruzada, un pequeño grupo de caballeros en busca de redención decide fundar una nueva orden religiosa con el objetivo de proteger a los peregrinos cristianos en sus viajes a Tierra Santa. Desde este humilde origen, los templarios crecerian durante los siguientes dos siglos hasta convertirse en la orden religiosa mas rica y poderosa de la cristiandad. Su espectacular final, cuando un rey envidioso los acuso de herejia, blasfemia y orgias, no hizo sino acrecentar su leyenda, que perdura hasta nuestros dias. Dan Jones aborda la trepidante historia de la Orden del Temple, entrelazada con las cruzadas en Tierra Santa y en España, y crea con su elegante prosa un retrato fidedigno y vivido de los templarios, desde sus combates ataviados con sus iconicas tunicas blancas con una gran cruz roja, hasta la sofisticada red financiera que tejieron en toda Europa, donde gozaron de notables privilegios y del favor de reyes, nobles, papas y emperadores. Esta es una historia epica de guerra, religion, dinero y poder, cuyo sorprendente desenlace, el famoso viernes 13 de 1312, constituye uno de los momentos mas fascinantes de la historia medieval.

La historia definitiva de la Orden del Temple. Jerusalén, 1119. Tras la violencia de la Primera Cruzada, un pequeño grupo de caballeros en busca de redención decide fundar una nueva orden religiosa con el objetivo de proteger a los peregrinos cristianos en sus viajes a Tierra Santa. Desde este humilde origen, los templarios crecerian durante los siguientes dos siglos hasta convertirse en la orden religiosa mas rica y poderosa de la cristiandad. Su espectacular final, cuando un rey envidioso los acuso de herejia, blasfemia y orgias, no hizo sino acrecentar su leyenda, que perdura hasta nuestros dias. Dan Jones aborda la trepidante historia de la Orden del Temple, entrelazada con las cruzadas en Tierra Santa y en España, y crea con su elegante prosa un retrato fidedigno y vivido de los templarios, desde sus combates ataviados con sus iconicas tunicas blancas con una gran cruz roja, hasta la sofisticada red financiera que tejieron en toda Europa, donde gozaron de notables privilegios y del favor de reyes, nobles, papas y emperadores. Esta es una historia epica de guerra, religion, dinero y poder, cuyo sorprendente desenlace, el famoso viernes 13 de 1312, constituye uno de los momentos mas fascinantes de la historia medieval.

En la guerra, algunos luchan por la gloria; otros, por dinero. ¿Los Perros de Essex? Luchan el uno por el otro. Julio de 1346. Diez hombres desembarcan en las playas de Normandía. Son los Perros de

La verdadera historia de la guerra por la corona de Inglaterra Durante el siglo XV, la corona de Inglaterra cambió de manos en cinco ocasiones mientras dos ramas de la dinastía Plantagenet libraban una lucha mortal por el derecho a gobernar. El conflicto se conoce como la guerra de las Dos Rosas, un enfrentamiento tan espectacular que inspiro desde las mejores obras de William Shakespeare hasta la saga de Juego de tronos. En este fascinante volumen, el celebre historiador Dan Jones describe la caida de los Plantagenet, la familia real britanica que mas tiempo ha reinado, y como fue reemplazada por la dinastia de los Tudor. Una epoca convulsa en la que vivieron algunos de los personajes mas famosos de la Edad Media: desde Juana de Arco y Enrique V, cuyo triunfo en Azincourt consolido el poder de la monarquia inglesa, hasta Ricardo III, quien asesino a sus sobrinos para hacerse con la corona que le habian robado. Fue tambien un fascinante periodo de luchas intestinas en el que reinas y consortes se hicieron con el poder y consiguieron doblegar a los hombres a su voluntad. La guerra de las Dos Rosas es una historia apasionante y un torbellino de traiciones, luchas y estrategias que desmienten la version oficial impuesta por los Tudor tras su victoria.

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 Brita

The third volume in the much-admired The Colour of Time series.A Woman's World, 18501960 explores the many roles domestic, social, cultural and professional played by women across the world before second-wave feminism took hold. Using Marina Amaral's colourized images and Dan Jones's words, this survey features women both celebrated and ordinary, whether in the science lab or protesting on the streets, performing on stage or fighting in the trenches, running for election or exploring the wild. This vivid and unique history brings to life and full colour the female experience in a century of extraordinary change.

Si con "El color del tiempo" Marina Amaral y Dan Jones han revolucionado la manera en que miramos ?¡y entendemos!? la historia contemporánea, con su segundo libro, "El mundo en llamas. La larga guerra 1914-1945", consiguen narrar como nunca se ha hecho la epica, sobrecogedora y terrible epoca que va desde el asesinato del archiduque Francisco Fernando en Sarajevo a la aniquilacion de Hiroshima, una larga guerra que no solo comprendio las dos tremendas conflagraciones que fueron la Primera y la Segunda Guerra Mundial, sino todos los conflictos que salpicaron el periodo de entreguerras, como la Guerra Civil española. Para ello, Marina ha creado doscientas impactantes imagenes, restaurando digitalmente el color a fotografias de epoca, lo que junto con los vividos y agudos textos de Dan compone un conmovedor ?y, a menudo, aterrador? relato coral, en el que podemos mirar a los ojos a sus protagonistas, fuesen estos lideres como Churchill, Stalin, Mussolini o Hitler, fuesen anonimos como Czes?awa Kwoka, una niña polaca asesinada en Auschwitz, o como Angeles Gonzalez, una niña española de siete años, refugiada de Madrid, pero que podria ser una refugiada siria en 2021 o cualquier victima de cualquier conflicto.

The instant Sunday Times bestseller A Times, New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year'Simply the best popular history of the Middle Ages there is' Sunday Times'A great achievement, pulling together many strands with aplomb' Peter Frankopan, Spectator, Books of the Year'It's so delightful to encounter a skilled historian of such enormous energy who's never afraid of being entertaining' The Times, Books of the Year'An amazing masterly gripping panorama' Simon Sebag Montefiore'A badass history writer... to put it mildly' Duff McKagan'A triumph' Charles SpencerDan Jones's epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built. It is a thousand-year adventure that moves from the ruins of the once-mighty city of Rome, sacked by barbarians in AD 410, to the first contacts between the old and new worlds in the sixteenth century. It shows how, from a state of crisis and collapse, the West was rebuilt and came to dominate the entire globe. The book identifies three key themes that underpinned the success of the West: commerce, conquest and Christianity.

This compact pocket sized Snowdonia & North Wales travel guidebook is ideal for travellers on weekend trips or shorter breaks in the UK It includes ready made walking and driving itineraries that allow you to organise your visit to Snowdonia & North Wales without losing time planning The Snowdonia & North Wales guide book covers The North Coast and Carneddau Mountains A Tour of Anglesey Beddgelert and Porthmadog Snowdon from Caernarfon The Lleyn Peninsula Tremadog Bay to the Mawddach Estuary Wrexham to Bala and Back Dolgellau to Cadair Idris and the Aran Mountains Cadair Idris to Machynlleth Inside this Snowdonia & North Wales travel book you will find 9 ready made walks and tours easy to follow walking and driving tour itineraries featuring the best places to visit as well as what to do and where to eat along the way Walks and tour highlights short lists highlight the best of each walk or tour Things not to miss in Snowdonia & North Wales Blaenau Ffestiniog and Slate Caverns Centre for Alternative Technology Portmeirion Snowdon National Slate Museum Llandudno Ffestiniog Railway Caernarfon Harlech Conwy Curated recommendations of places main attractions off the beaten track adventures child friendly family activities chilled o

Jerusalén, 1119. Tras la violencia de la Primera Cruzada, un pequeño grupo de caballeros busca la redención y decide fundar una nueva orden. Son los primeros templarios, una orden de guerreros de élite que dedicaron sus vidas a proteger a los peregrinos cristianos en sus viajes a Tierra Santa. Pero durante los siguientes doscientos años, los templarios se convertirian en la orden religiosa mas poderosa del mundo. En esta nueva historia del Temple, Dan Jones cuenta la verdadera historia de los templarios por primera vez en nuestra generacion, y con nuevas fuentes, construye una historia apasionante del heroismo, historia y legendaria disolucion de los caballeros del Temple.

The instant Sunday Times bestseller The UK s bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V who survived rebellion a near fatal arrow wound and a lengthy and precarious princely apprenticeship to become England s greatest warrior king A historian who writes as addictively as any page turning novelist Observer Henry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months and died at the age of just 35 but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond The victor of Agincourt was a model king for his successors Shakespeare s version of Henry V saw his youthful folly redirected to sober statesmanship and in the dark days of World War II Henry s victories in France were recounted in British propaganda Churchill called Henry a gleam of splendour in the dark troubled story of medieval England while for one modern medievalist Henry was quite simply the greatest man who ever ruled England For Dan Jones Henry is one of the most intriguing characters in all medieval history but one of the hardest to pin down He was a hardened sometimes brutal warrior yet he was also creative and artistic with a bookish temperament He was a leader who made many mistakes who misjudged his friends and

A beautifully produced account of the signing impact and legacy of Magna Carta a document that became one of the most influential statements in the history of democracy as part of the stunning landmark library series On a summer s day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgruntled barons in a meadow by the river Thames named Runnymede Beset by foreign crisis and domestic rebellion King John was fast running out of options On 15 June he reluctantly agreed to fix his regal seal to a document that would change the world A milestone in the development of constitutional politics and the rule of law the Great Charter established an Englishman s right to Habeas Corpus and set limits to the exercise of royal power For the first time a group of subjects had forced an English king to agree to a document that limited his powers by law and protected their rights Dan Jones s elegant and authoritative narrative of the making and legacy of Magna Carta is amplified by profiles of the barons who secured it and a full text of the charter in both Latin and English

The instant Sunday Times bestsellerA Times BBC History Magazine and Daily Mail Book of the Year The UK s bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V who survived rebellion a near fatal arrow wound and a lengthy and precarious princely apprenticeship to become England s greatest warrior king A historian who writes as addictively as any page turning novelist ObserverHenry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months and died at the age of just 35 but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond The victor of Agincourt was a model king for his successors Shakespeare s version of Henry V saw his youthful folly redirected to sober statesmanship and in the dark days of World War II Henry s victories in France were recounted in British propaganda Churchill called Henry a gleam of splendour in the dark troubled story of medieval England while for one modern medievalist Henry was quite simply the greatest man who ever ruled England For Dan Jones Henry is one of the most intriguing characters in all medieval history but one of the hardest to pin down He was a hardened sometimes brutal warrior yet he was also creative and artistic with a bookish temperament He was a lea

The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history The crown of England changed hands violently five times as the great families of England fought to the death for the right to rule Some of the greatest heroes and villains in history were thrown together in these chaotic years

« Le Prince était ivre »… Ainsi commence l’histoire des Plantagenêts, cette famille hors-norme qui a fait les riches heures de notre Moyen Âge. Le premier du nom est angevin, mais qui s’en souvient e

En rendant son éclat à un monde délavé, La Couleur du temps offre une nouvelle histoire du monde totalement inédite avec 200 photographies colorisées prises entre 1850 et 1960.Et l’Histoire reprend v

Un tableau passionnant et inédit des Templiers : aussi palpitant et addictif quune série !1119, Jérusalem. Après la première croisade, une troupe de chevaliers désœuvrés décide de fonder un nouvel or

Bestselling historian Dan Jones and the brilliant artist Marina Amaral have combined their talents to create a illuminating visual history of women around the world.Dan Jones and Marina Amaral, the acclaimed team behind The Color of Time, combine their talents again to explore the many rolesdomestic, social, cultural and professionalplayed by women across the world before second-wave feminism took hold.Using Marina Amarals colorized images and Dan Joness words, this survey features women both celebrated and ordinary, whether in the home or the science lab, protesting on the streets or performing on stage, fighting in the trenches or exploring the wild. This vivid and unique history brings to life and full color the female experience in a century of extraordinary change.Each chapter will be introduced by a woman who works in that field today and the book includes photographs of Queen Victoria, Edith Cavell, Josephine Baker, Mildred Burke, Eva Peron, Eleanor Roosevelt, Virginia Woolf, Clara Schumann, Martha Gellhorn, Simone de Beauvoir, Agatha Christie, Frida Kahlo, Emmeline Pankhurst, Harriet Tubman, Florence Nightingale, Hattie McDaniel and Gertrude Bell; as well as revolutionaries from China to Cuba, Geishas in Japan, protestors on the Salt March, teachers and pilots, nurses and soldiers.In combination of vivid pictures and stirring prose, The Color of Time: Women in History, brings history to life from the vantage point of women who lived it.

Une vision totalement inédite des croisades : aussi palpitant et addictif quune série !1095. Lempereur de Byzance demande laide militaire des chrétiens dOccident afin de restaurer sa puissance menacée par les musulmans. Le pape Urbain II, saisissant loccasion, exhorte ses fideles a delivrer la Terre sainte de lemprise islamique. Les volontaires sont legion, dautant que labsolution des peches leur est promise. Si la premiere croisade, qui sacheve par la prise de Jerusalem, est vecue comme un succes par les chretiens, les musulmans y voient, eux, une terrible humiliation. Des lors, Europe et Proche-Orient senlisent dans une guerre sans fin, aux repercussions encore tangibles aujourdhui. Pour la premiere fois, un historien nous donne un recit totalement incarne des croisades. Dan Jones sinteresse en effet ici dabord et avant tout aux individus, quils soient chretiens, juifs, musulmans, hommes ou femmes, celebres ou anonymes. Doue dun sens de lintrigue digne des plus grands romanciers, il nous fait entrer dans leur intimite et nous offre ainsi un tableau passionnant et inedit de lepoque. Cest litteralement une autre façon decrire, de lire... et de vivre lHistoire.