Author guide
Dan Jones Books in Order
Dan Jones is a British popular historian and novelist whose nonfiction focuses chiefly on medieval England, the Crusades, the Knights Templar, and the wider history of the Middle Ages. He is also the author of the historical-fiction Essex Dogs trilogy and has worked as a journalist, television presenter, and historical consultant.
historymedieval historymilitary historybiographyhistorical fiction
Dan Jones's Newest Book
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Start with one of these
Summer of Blood: The Peasants' Revolt of 1381
The author's first published history and a concise introduction to his narrative approach.
Essex Dogs
The opening novel of his historical-fiction trilogy.
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Books by series
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Essex Dogs Trilogy
A historical-fiction trilogy following a group of English soldiers and archers during and after the Hundred Years' War and the Black Death.
Outside the series
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Novels (12)
- Summer of Blood: The Peasants' Revolt of 1381Amazon ↗
nonfiction · 2009
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The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made EnglandAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2012
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The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the TudorsAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2014
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Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great CharterAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2014
- Realm Divided: A Year in the Life of Plantagenet EnglandAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2016
- The Templars: The Rise and Fall of God's Holy WarriorsAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2017
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The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850–1960Amazon ↗nonfiction · 2018
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Crusaders: An Epic History of the Wars for the Holy LandsAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2019
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The World Aflame: The Long War, 1914–1945Amazon ↗nonfiction · 2020
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Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle AgesAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2021
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The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead KingsAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2021
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Henry V: The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior KingAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2024