Thomas B. Costain's four-volume history of the Plantagenets begins with THE CONQUERING FAMILY and the conquest of England by William the Conqueror in 1066, closing with the reign of John in 1216.
The troubled period after the Norman Conquest, when the foundations of government were hammered out between monarch and people, comes to life through Costain's storytelling skill and historical imagination.
Chapter 1. Where the Planta Genesta Grows
Chapter 2. The Long Years of Civil War
Chapter 3. The Epic Reign of a Great King
Chapter 4. The King and the Archbishop
Chapter 5. The Invasion of Ireland
Chapter 7. The Milch Cow of the Third Crusade
Chapter 8. The Lord of the Manor and the Villein
Chapter 10. While the Devil Was Loose
Chapter 11. The Unsolved Mystery
Chapter 13. With Bell, Book, and Candle
Chapter 15. Twilight of a Tyrant
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