The Plantagenets Books

Thomas B. Costain's four-volume history of the Plantagenets begins with THE CONQUERING FAMILY and the conquest of England by William the Conqueror in 1066, closing with the reign of John in 1216. The troubled period after the Norman Conquest, when the foundations of government were hammered out between monarch and people, comes to life through Costain's storytelling skill and historical imagination.

The turbulence, romance, and pageantry of the era of Britain's Henry III are recreated

A story of the early years of Norman England

Details the developments that characterized the reigns of England's monarchs from Richard II to Henry VII