Dan Jones Books
Dan Jones is a British historian, journalist, and television presenter known for his works on medieval and Tudor history. Educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, he has written several bestselling histories and presented numerous historical documentaries for Channel 5 and Netflix.
Known for: Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages, The Color of Time: A New History of the World, 1850–1960, The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors, The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
Books by Dan Jones
Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
Powers and Thrones is a sweeping narrative history of the Middle Ages, spanning from the fall of the Roman Empire to the dawn of the Renaissance. Dan Jones explores how warlords, kings, popes, and ord...
The Color of Time: A New History of the World, 1850–1960
The Color of Time presents a vivid visual history of the modern world through 200 colorized photographs spanning from 1850 to 1960. Historian Dan Jones provides concise historical context for each ima...
The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors
Following on from Dan Jones's bestselling 'The Plantagenets', 'The Hollow Crown' is a vivid and engrossing history of England's turbulent fifteenth century. It chronicles the Wars of the Roses, a brut...
The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
A sweeping narrative history of the Plantagenet dynasty, which ruled England from the 12th to the 15th centuries. Dan Jones vividly recounts the rise and fall of this powerful royal family, from Henry...
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Collapse of the Western Roman Empire and the Transformation of Europe
When the Western Roman Empire crumbled in the fifth century, it seemed as though the world itself were falling apart. Cities that had stood for centuries fell silent; roads broke down; aqueducts went dry. From the frontiers, wave after wave of migrants — Goths, Vandals, Huns — pressed into the heart...
From Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
Rise of New Kingdoms and the Fusion of Traditions
Throughout the early Middle Ages, new kingdoms took shape across the former Roman West. The Franks under Clovis, the Ostrogoths in Italy, the Visigoths in Spain, the Anglo‑Saxons in England — each absorbed Roman habits while stamping their own cultural signatures upon them. These were not mere barba...
From Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
1850–1860: The Dawn of Modern Vision
The journey begins in mid-nineteenth-century Europe, the age of steam, soot, and invention. The camera itself was a marvel barely two decades old, yet it rapidly became a mirror of industrial civilization. Early images show London’s swelling streets, factory smoke rising like a new skyline, and work...
From The Color of Time: A New History of the World, 1850–1960
1860–1870: War, Division, and Redefinition
The next decade plunges us into one of the defining conflicts of the modern age: the American Civil War. Here, the oldest surviving photographs of mass warfare meet new digital color. Faces of Union and Confederate soldiers—youthful, weary, defiant—regain their humanity. We conceived this section as...
From The Color of Time: A New History of the World, 1850–1960
The Legacy of the Plantagenets
Henry VI inherited a kingdom that still basked in the fading glory of Henry V’s victories in France. But he also inherited his father’s wars, debts, and responsibilities. Henry VI was gentle and pious yet disastrously unsuited to the hard calculus of kingship. Under his reign, royal authority lost l...
From The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors
The Rise of the House of York
Among the discontented lords stood Richard, Duke of York—a man of royal blood and resolute ambition. He descended from both Lionel of Antwerp and Edmund of Langley, giving him a claim to the throne that could not be ignored. York had served England across campaigns in Ireland and France, and he view...
From The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors
About Dan Jones
Dan Jones is a British historian, journalist, and television presenter known for his works on medieval and Tudor history. Educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, he has written several bestselling histories and presented numerous historical documentaries for Channel 5 and Netflix.
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