Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1962
Description: Good. 291 p. illus., maps. 25 cm. First ed. published in 1949, as v. 1 of the author's The pageant of England, under title: The conquerors. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1962
Description: Very Good. 291 p. illus., maps. 25 cm. First ed. published in 1949, as v. 1 of the author's The pageant of England, under title: The conquerors. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1962
Description: Good. 291 p. illus., maps. 25 cm. First ed. published in 1949, as v. 1 of the author's The pageant of England, under title: The conquerors. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1962
Description: Very Good. 291 p. illus., maps. 25 cm. First ed. published in 1949, as v. 1 of the author's The pageant of England, under title: The conquerors. read more
Description: Good. 0445085118 Paperback as pictured, OLDER Used Condition with cover discoloration, though book is holding together well for it's age, and has tons of age tan. No writing or Highlighting, some spine creases, sold for content. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Popular, N. Y.
Date Published: 1962
Description: Cover Art. Good. Vintage Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The cover has light shelf wear with a spine crease.......Yellowing pages........................We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by.. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Popular Library
Date Published: 1962
Description: VG Used, Very Good in VG jacket. PAPERBACK, VG/VG, Popular Library, 1962, 6.6 oz. This copy has visible but minimal creasing of the spine, is in otherwise Very Good condition. Note: expect tanning of any paperback more than a few years old, regardless of condition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: popoular library
Date Published: 1949-01-01
Description: Minor wear on corners. in Slight damage to spine. jacket. Many of our books come from libraries & sellers. There may be a black mark erasing the name. We offer a monthly book review for our customers. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: TANDEM
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780426123194ISBN:0426123190
Description: Fair. Paperback, larger format, a good reading copy. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: TANDEM
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780426123194ISBN:0426123190
Description: Good. Has remainder clip along top page edges, and some tanning to pages in general-otherwise a clean, tight copy. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Popular Library
Date Published: 1983-01
ISBN-13:9780445085114ISBN:0445085118
Description: Good Condition, no remainder mar. PB, Good condition, spine in good shape, pages tanned, still a clean and tight copy. We always ship promptly with delivery confirmation. We are a family owned business w/5.0 STAR Rating. Always professional, Always Customer focused. read more
Binding: Library Binding
Publisher: Buccaneer Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781568493725ISBN:156849372X
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
"I enjoyed this book a lot. You get all the information you would from a textbook, without it being presented as just a list of names and dates. I'm eager to read the other three books in the series, but since I technically bought this as a gift for my mom, I suppose I'll have to wait until she finishes them."
"This is an EXCELLENT read. Not DRY at all and is a fast exciting read of history. I love the PLANTAGENET'S they are one of my all time favorite families in history! Publisher's Summary
Thomas B. Costain's four-volume history of the Plantagenet's 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.
I am definitely moving on to Volume two "The Magnificent Century" and I recommend this book to History lovers and even to more serious HF fans as it will give you a concise and true background to many things you may read about in your HF travels! You will have no trouble following and he does history in a well organized and easy manner to follow. Very enjoyable!"
"This is the first volume of Costain's history of the Plantagenets. It begins with the civil war between Stephen and Matilda, covers the story of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine and their children, and ends with the signing of the Magna Carta and the death of King John. This is a lot of history to cover in less than 400 pages, so he's just hitting the highlights.
This is dramatized non-fiction, for lack of a better description, and Costain has a strange writing style. One sentence will be quite elegant, and the next paragraph will contain phrasing that might have come from a high school student's term paper, such as: "This handsome man, who had wanted everyone to like him, was probably the worst king England ever had because of the suffering he brought the people."
Costain is very subjective and uses colorful language, obviously more interested in spinning a yarn than in telling a straight history. I found myself entertained by the sheer glee with which he skewers the historical figures he dislikes."
"I usually like histories, but this one didn't catch me even though I have read extensively about this period and the civil war that insues because of the acidental death of the heir of the king. Couldn't make myself finish it, although that might have just been my mood - wanting something much lighter where I didn't have to think about 100 different people, most of who had the same names or similar names. Just wasn't up for a big family fight where too many innocent by-standers get killed."
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