Thomas B. Costain bol nielen spisovateľ, ale aj zručný redaktor, ktorého kariéra zahŕňala prácu pre prominentné publikácie. V priebehu rokov si osvojil umenie rozprávať príbehy, ktoré miešali faktickú históriu s fiktívnymi prvkami, čo čitateľom umožňovalo ponoriť sa do minulosti prostredníctvom pútavých postáv a dobrodružstiev. Jeho diela, často zasadené do kľúčových historických období, skúmali ľudské motivácie a stret civilizácií s citom pre detail a dramatickú naráciu. Costain dokázal čitateľov zaujať zmesou historickej presnosti a imaginatívneho rozprávania, čím si získal širokú obľubu.
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.
