King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta

6 best books like King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta (Marc Morris): Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life, Edward II: The Unconventional King, Alfred the Great, The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King, The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, Ruler of England 1327-1330, The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un

Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life

Author	Alison Weir
ISBN	0345434870

In this beautifully written biography, Alison Weir paints a vibrant portrait of a truly exceptional woman and provides new insights into her intimate world.

Renowned in her time for being the most beautiful woman in Europe, the wife of two kings and mother of three, Eleanor of Aquitaine was...

Edward II: The Unconventional King

Author	Kathryn Warner
ISBN	1445641208

He is one of the most reviled English kings in history. He drove his kingdom to the brink of civil war a dozen times in less than twenty years. He allowed his male lovers to rule the kingdom. He led a great army to the most ignominious military defeat in English history. His wife took a lover and invaded his...

Alfred the Great

Author	Justin Pollard
ISBN	0719566665

In an era darkened by the terror of Viking invasions, England's first and greatest king was a beacon of light. "This is the story of England's birth. A great story, beautifully told." (Bernard Cornwell, author of The Pale Horseman)

Alfred was England's first kin, and his rule spanned troubled...

The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King

Author	Ian Mortimer
ISBN	0224073001

An author with a strong track record now tackles the turbulent reign of Henry IV, the first Lancastrian king.

By 1405, King Henry IV had already survived at least eight plots to dethrone or kill him in the first six years of his reign. Henry had not always been so unpopular. The son of John of Gaunt,...

The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, Ruler of England 1327-1330

Author	Ian Mortimer
ISBN	0224062492

When one thinks of a scandalous love affair in English monarchial history; the immediate response is Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII. Believe it or not, a century prior, a similar indignity played out in medieval England but with a queen taking the lead. The queen – Queen Isabella, consort to King Edward...

The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un

Author	Anna Fifield
ISBN	1541742486

The behind-the-scenes story of the rise and reign of the world's strangest and most elusive tyrant, Kim Jong Un, by the journalist with the best connections and insights into the bizarrely dangerous world of North Korea.
Since his birth in 1984, Kim Jong Un has been swaddled in myth and propaganda,...