num_pages: 326
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Conquering Family
titlecomplete: The Conquering Family (The Plantagenets, #1)
characters: John of England, Richard I of England, William the Conqueror, Henry II of England
genres: Historical, Medieval History, History, Biography, Plantagenet, France, Medieval, European History, Nonfiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 1394
series: The Plantagenets
publisher: Popular Library