Dan Jones

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 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

Los Perros de Essex vuelven para la batalla definitivaUn país al borde del abismo.1350. Inglaterra se tambalea por el azote de la peste negra. Pueblos vacíos, familias destrozadas, un reino debilitado y lo peor esta por llegar.Una ultima cruzada.Tras regresar de Francia, la pequeña banda de guerreros conocida como los Perros de Essex se ha dispersado, pero cuando la poderosa Castilla hace que soplen vientos de guerra, los veteranos guerreros tendran que volver a tomar las armas y luchar en una batalla como ninguna a la que se hayan enfrentado antes. La Inglaterra medieval cobra vida en esta aventura epica, repleta de accion y heroismo.

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.

Los Perros de Essex vuelven para la batalla definitiva Un país al borde del abismo. 1350. Inglaterra se tambalea por el azote de la peste negra. Pueblos vacíos, familias destrozadas, un reino debili

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

Una nueva historia de la Edad Media desde la caída de Roma hasta el Renacimiento. El saqueo de la otrora poderosa ciudad de Roma por los bárbaros en el 410 señaló el final de una era y el comienzo

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.

The Hollow Crown is exhilarating, epic, blood-and-roses history . . . Joness material is thrilling . . . There is fine scholarly intuition on display here and a mastery of the grand narrative; it is a supremely skilful piece of storytelling.Sunday TelegraphThe fifteenth century saw the crown of England change hands seven times as the great families of England fought to the death for power, majesty and the right to rule. The Hollow Crown completes Dan Jones epic history of medieval England, and describes how the Plantagenets tore themselves apart to be finally replaced by the Tudors.Some of the greatest heroes and villains in British history were thrown together in these turbulent times: Henry V, whose victory at Agincourt and prudent rule at home marked the high point of the medieval monarchy; Edward IV, who was handed his crown by the scheming soldier Warwick the Kingmaker, before their alliance collapsed into a fight to the death; and the last Plantagenet, Richard III, who stole the throne and murdered his own nephews, the Princes in the Tower. Finally, the Tudors arrived - but even their rule was only made certain in the 1520s, when Henry VIII ruthlessly hunted down his familys last remaining enemies.In the midst this tumult, chivalry was reborn, the printing press arrived and the Renaissance began to flourish. With vivid descriptions of the battle of Towton, where 28,000 men died in a single morning, and the Battle of Bosworth Field, at which Richard III was hacked down, this is the real story behind Shakespeares famous history plays.

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 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

"Dan Jones has an enviable gift for telling a dramatic story while at the same time inviting us to consider serious topics like liberty and the seeds of representative government." Antonia FraserFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Plantagenets, a lively, action-packed history of how the Magna Carta came to beby the author of Powers and Thrones. The Magna Carta is revered around the world as the founding document of Western liberty. Its principleseven its languagecan be found in our Bill of Rights and in the Constitution. But what was this strange document and how did it gain such legendary status?Dan Jones takes us back to the turbulent year of 1215, when, beset by foreign crises and cornered by a growing domestic rebellion, King John reluctantly agreed to fix his seal to a document that would change the course of history. At the time of its creation the Magna Carta was just a peace treaty drafted by a group of rebel barons who were tired of the kings high taxes, arbitrary justice, and endless foreign wars. The fragile peace it established would last only two months, but its principles have reverberated over the centuries. Joness riveting narrative follows the story of the Magna Cartas creation, its failure, and the war that subsequently engulfed England, and charts the high points in its unexpected afterlife. Reissued by King Johns 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. In 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. We think of the Declaration of Independence as our founding document but those who drafted it had their eye on the Magna Carta.

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 Essex: un peloton de arqueros y hombres de armas dirigidos por un capitan cuyos mejores dias han quedado atras. Esta banda de hermanos, que se adentra cada vez mas en territorio enemigo hacia Crecy, sabe que va a librar una batalla que forjara naciones. ¿Conseguira el viejo capitan que vuelvan a casa sanos y salvos o los devorara la voragine de la guerra de los Cien Años? Mejor novela del año para BBC History