Sony Pictures Television has announced an overall development deal with British historian Dan Jones, author of bestsellers such as “The Plantagenets,” “The Hollow Crown” and “The Templars.” The deal ...
There have been 40 monarchs of England/Britain in the 10 centuries since a bastard French-Norman duke crossed the channel in 1066 to conquer and all that. You can count the good kings — that is, ...
A review of Richard III: The Self-Made King by Michael Hicks. If it were unclear that Yale University does not much care at present for white males, especially dead ones, the University’s gutting of ...
It’s not often that a book manages to be both scholarly and a page-turner, but British historian Jones succeeds on both counts in this entertaining follow-up to his bestselling The Plantagenets ...
The Normandy coastline, as the D-Day planners discovered, can be a tricky and treacherous shore. In November 1120, a large longboat, the White Ship, set sail for England from the small port of ...
Every now and then a dip into history with castles, kings, powerful barons, and strong women is a much needed respite from the micro-his­tory with which we are bombarded. Dan Jones offers this, in ...
Stephen King is most banned author in US schools, report says• Books The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on desktop, ...