Thomas B. Costain was een meesterverteller wiens carrière als redacteur bij vooraanstaande publicaties zijn vaardigheid in het combineren van feitelijke geschiedenis met boeiende fictie perfectioneerde. Zijn verhalen nodigen lezers uit zich onder te dompelen in het verleden en cruciale historische tijdperken te verkennen via levendige personages en grootse avonturen. Costains werk duikt in de complexiteit van menselijke motivatie en culturele conflicten, weergegeven met nauwgezet detail en dramatische flair. Hij boeide het publiek door historische nauwkeurigheid vakkundig te combineren met fantasievolle vertelkunst, waarmee hij brede erkenning verwierf.
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 THREE EDWARDS, third in Thomas B. Costain's survey of Britain under the Plantagenets, covers the years between 1272 and 1377 when three Edwards ruled England. Edward I brought England out of the Middle Ages. Edward II had a tragic reign but gave his country Edward III, who ruled gloriously, if violently. A History of the Plantagenets includes THE CONQUERING FAMILY, THE MAGNIFICENT CENTURY, THE THREE EDWARDS and THE LAST PLANTAGENETS.
THE MAGNIFICENT CENTURY, the second volume of Costain's A History of the Plantagenets, covers Henry III's long and turbulent reign, from 1216 to 1272. During his lifetime Henry was frequently unpopular, unreliable and inconsistent. Yet his reign saw spectacular advancement in the arts, sciences and theology, as well as in government. Despite all, it was truly a magnificent century. A History of the Plantagenets includes THE CONQUERING FAMILY, THE MAGNIFICENT CENTURY, THE THREE EDWARDS and THE LAST PLANTAGENETS.
Lebendige und dramatische Geschichte einer großen Verschwörung und einer großen Liebe, angesiedelt im Frankreich des 15. Jahrhunderts. König Karl VII., Agnes Sorel - seine Geliebte, Jaques Coeur - der Geldmann des Königs - der erste große Kaufmannsprinz der Geschichte.
