The Restless Kings

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Longlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Prize 2019

'A vivid and humane study of the Plantagenets' diabolical and devious first family - a real joy to read.' Dan Jones, author of The Plantagenets

In The Restless Kings Nick Barratt presents the tumultuous struggle for supremacy between the first Plantagenet king, Henry…

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1 author picked The Restless Kings as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Toni Mount

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The Restless Kings is an old book that I re-read for the course I’m teaching about the Plantagenet kings of England.

I’d forgotten what a brilliant book this is: it has all the facts but reads like a thriller novel set in the twelfth century. I so enjoyed re-acquainting myself with such exciting personalities like the feisty Eleanor of Aquitaine and Richard the Lionheart: a real man of action.

From Toni's 3 favorite reads in 2023.