The Plantagenets: The Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones Review
Review of The Plantagenets: The Kings and Queens the Made England? By: Dan Jones Dan Jones writes about the history of the Plantagenet Dynasty starting with Henry I all the way to Richard II. Some of the Kings were good leaders, but others not so much due to their choices and relationship with their people. Dan Jones divided the book into parts and organized it by years as he focused on each king and queen of those years. It was a nice reprieve that there were short chapters. Each section highlighted the good and bad of each King’s reign and how they impacted the country. In my opinion, some of them proved the King had too much, because they didn’t have empathy for their people. They believed that they were King and only their opinion mattered and who cares what the people think. This wasn’t shown through how the people responded but also how advisors responded to the throne. Some would even turn against the K...