Jones added: “In a world rocked by massive global change there has never been a better time to make sense of it through history’s greatest stories. This edition, with a new introduction by the bestselling author Dan Jones, rightly brings that life to a new audience. Groundbreaking though 'Magna Carta' was, it had scant immediate impact as England descended into civil war that would still be raging when John died the following year.Eight generations of the greatest and worst kings and queens that this country has ever seen – from the White Ship to the Lionheart, bad King John to the Black Prince and John of Gaunt – this is the dynasty that invented England as we still know it today – great history to appeal to readers of Ken Follet, Bernard Cornwell, Tom HollandDan Jones, best-selling chronicler of the Middle Ages, turns his attention to the history of the Crusades – the sequence of religious wars fought between the late eleventh century and late medieval periods, in which armies from European Christian states attempted to wrest the Holy Land from Islamic rule, and which have left an enduring imprint on relations between the Muslim world and the West.England’s greatest royal dynasty, the Plantagenets, ruled over England through eight generations of kings. Dan Jones is a historian, broadcaster and award-winning journalist. Dan Jones, 27, is a Cambridge-educated historian whose book Summer of Blood, a history of the English Peasants' Revolt, was published this year by HarperCollins. He has written and hosted dozens of TV shows including the acclaimed Netflix/Channel 5 series 'Secrets of Great British Castles'. DAN JONES, HISTORIAN. Jones added: “In a world rocked by massive global change there has never been a better time to make sense of it through history’s greatest stories. Dan Jones is a British historian and an award-winning journalist. Beset by foreign crisis and domestic rebellion, King John was fast running out of options. For some he was a Messiah, an enlightened monarch and bringer of justice and peace; for others, a tyrant and a devil, bent on absolute power. A small strip of beach not far from the village of Mandrem in North Goa. His books, including The Plantagenets, Magna Carta, The Templars and The Colour of Time, have sold more than one million copies worldwide. Yet this was also an era of humanity, charity and social responsibility, one which people genuinely believed could be made better. Sony Pictures Television has signed an exclusive deal with British historian and author Dan Jones to develop TV drama adaptations of his books through Sony companies including Left Bank Pictures an…. Finally, the Tudors arrived - but even their rule was only made certain in the 1520s, when Henry VIII ruthlessly hunted down his family's last remaining enemies.‘Summer of Blood’ is the first full popular account in a century of one of the most famous rebellions in history.Give it purpose -- fill it with books, DVDs, clothes, electronics and more.As well as describing these upheavals, Dan Jones introduces us to the ordinary people of thirteenth-century England – how and where they worked, what they wore, what they ate, and what role the church played in their lives – to create a vivid gripping portrait of an extraordinary year in English history.In the midst this tumult, chivalry was reborn, the printing press arrived and the Renaissance began to flourish.