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The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
Medieval England wasn’t just about knights charging into battle or kings sitting on thrones looking regal. It was a messy, brutal, and often downright absurd saga of power grabs, family feuds, and legal chaos. Dan Jones’ "The Plantagenets" throws you into the thick of it, showing how a dynasty of warrior kings and queens shaped England into something recognizably modern — or at least, the ancestor of it. Spoiler: it wasn’t pretty, and it definitely wasn’t boring.
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