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In the Reign of King John
- A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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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.
Critic reviews
"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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- Bill
- 24-10-17
The whole story of King John and 1215!
Dan Jones’ style of mixing the minute details of a peasants lot in 1215 with that of a knights experience of a medieval siege is what makes this book such an wonderful history to read/ listen to.
Any lover of the Middle Ages will throughly enjoy this book, as will a general reader wanting to know a bit more about the great charter itself.
Despite reading the book it when it was first released, I still found listening to this audiobook two years later a fascinating journey back into 1215!
A real page turner! Enjoy.
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- Pierre Bovington
- 04-03-23
Brilliant Dan Jones
Yet another masterpiece from this historian. His books paint our past in great detail and this one is exceptional.
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- Rob
- 21-08-22
Wrong narrator
Found the narrator difficult to listen to. Frustrating as I like Dan Jones books
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- Jim
- 06-06-16
Half a book
In the introduction to this book Dan Jones explains that this picture of everyday life in the reign of King John represents the material he couldn't work into his earlier book on Magna Carta. Plenty of other historians manage to combine major historical events with day to day detail but I plugged on at least partly as a result of a very favourable review in the Daily Telegraph of 12th November 2015 by Toby Clements and a very engaging slot on the 15th October 2015 BBC History Today podcast. Having listened to a Realm Divided; which clocks in at just over 5 hours and checked the unabridged running time of Magna Carta (3 hours and 21 minutes) I think he would have been better to combine them into one book of decent length. This has some nice details but it's too short to represent acceptable value and the structure's all over the place. It still reads like left over notes for another book. If you haven't listened Ian Mortimer's "Time Travellers Guide to Medieval England"; "England; Arise" by Juliet Barker; "King John" by Marc Morris or the mighty "Distant Mirror" by Barbara Tuchman then give this a swerve and buy with one of those instead
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- andrew
- 30-07-20
Jones does it again
Great insight into the life of the nation at this time as well as the political aspects. Pronunciation of some of some of the names is incorrect in some cases which made it a little difficult to link to prior knowledge. Dan should have read it himself.
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- Louise
- 10-09-22
Fairly boring
I’m sure this book was expertly written, but what a tedious tale. I guess this might be useful as a study guide. I enjoyed the parts about everyday life.
Zzzzzzzz
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- JPA
- 22-03-18
Very informative and well narrated
Thus audio book does exactly what it says and the telling and narrating is superb. very informative indeed.
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- adrian d peaty
- 19-05-22
Enjoyable
A very enjoyable listen about what was a significant period in the history of Britain.
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- Polly Ellis
- 27-11-22
Good book Terrible narration! 📖
I could only listen to this for a few minutes it was not read by a good narrater!
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