Originally published in 1949. Lacking the warlike bluntness of his predecessor, Richard the Lionheart, John came to the throne of England at a time when economi

King John is one of those historical characters who needs little in the way of introduction. If readers are not already familiar with him as the tyrant whose mi

An illustrated portrait of English society in the year of Magna Carta, from best-selling author Dan Jones.

Magna Carta marked a watershed in the relations between monarch and subject and as such has long been central to English constitutional and political history. T

A study of the personal religion of King John, presenting a more complex picture of his actions and attitude.