Historian Dan Jones reveals how the warrior king Henry II founded a dynasty that was to last for 300 years, but how his refusal to relinquish control of any aspect of his empire caused problems with the church and his family.
The history of the Plantagenets continues with the story of king Henry III, his treacherous best friend Simon de Montfort and their bitter struggle for the soul of the nation.
Dan Jones concludes his history of the Plantagenet dynasty with the extraordinary story of Richard II, the boy king who was the hero of the Peasants' Revolt, but who grew up to become one of the most brutal tyrants in English history.