The Plantagenets is an accessible book that tells the whole narrative of the dynasty, from the coronation of Henry, Count of Anjou, in 1154 to the fall of Yorkist Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. For almost 350 years the Plantagenet family held the English throne--longer than any other dynasty in English history--and yet its origins were in Anjou in France. In charting the fortunes of the family, the book explores...