Audio only
Length5h 55m
About this audiobook
After the Norman Conquest, England was far from secure. The crown passed through ambitious kings, divided inheritances, dynastic rivalries, and one of the most devastating succession crises in medieval history. Norman Kings and the Age of Anarchy explores the turbulent decades that followed the death of William the Conqueror, when the future of the English monarchy remained uncertain and royal authority had to be defended again and again.
From the difficult reign of William II and the administrative achievements of Henry I to the catastrophe of the White Ship disaster, this book reveals how a single tragedy altered the course of English history. The struggle between Stephen and Empress Matilda plunged the kingdom into civil war, allowing rival nobles to build castles, shift alliances, and challenge the power of the crown during the period remembered as the Anarchy.
The story then follows the rise of Henry Plantagenet, the young ruler who transformed dynastic survival into political dominance. As Henry II, he built a vast Angevin realm stretching from England to southwestern France, strengthened royal government, and confronted the limits of his own authority. His conflict with Thomas Becket, the shocking murder inside Canterbury Cathedral, and the rebellions of his sons revealed the human cost of ambition, family rivalry, and the struggle for control.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length5 hrs 55 mins
Narrated bySantiago Machain
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 12, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
11-intro
7C6
2C1
8C7
3C2
9C8
4C3
10C9
5C4
11C10
Show all chaptersShow less
6C5
12The-End
Series
Strategy, Technology, and WarfareSantiago Machain7h 35m$25 · $0.00
The War of the Spanish Succession and the Making of the Golden AgeSantiago Machain5h 20m$25 · $0.00
The Home Fronts and the Human Experience of WarSantiago Machain8h 8m$25 · $0.00
The Holocaust and Nazi OccupationSantiago Machain7h 32m$25 · $0.00
The End of the War and the Birth of the Modern WorldSantiago Machain6h 57m$21 · $0.00
Blackbeard and the Pirates of the AtlanticSantiago Machain4h 48m$25 · $0.00
The War Against JapanSantiago Machain7h 57m$25 · $0.00
Pirates of the Indian OceanSantiago Machain5h 17m$26 · $0.00
Buccaneers of the CaribbeanSantiago Machain4h 59m$26 · $0.00
El Mosaico OtomanoSantiago Machain10h 41m$25 · $0.00
The AftermathSantiago Machain8h 29m$22 · $0.00
The Secret EmpireSantiago Machain4h 53m$21 · $0.00
Nikolaus KopernikusSantiago Machain5h 45m$21 · $0.00
Rumbo a la CatástrofeSantiago Machain6h 9m$21 · $0.00
Franklin D. RooseveltSantiago Machain6h 6m$21 · $0.00
La Guerra de los Cien Años. Parte I.Santiago Machain8h 46m$25 · $0.00
Frederick DouglassSantiago Machain7h 9m$25 · $0.00
From Reagan to the Twenty-First CenturySantiago Machain6h 29m$21 · $0.00
Alan TuringSantiago Machain6h 52m$22 · $0.00
ClaudioSantiago Machain2h 1m$14 · $0.00
The Redeemer’s ReturnArthur W. Pink13h 18m$20
The Happiest Man on EarthEddie Jaku3h 48m$7 · $0.00
MotherlandJulia Ioffe17h 52m$40 · $0.00
Where Cowards Go to DieBenjamin Sledge8h 42m$20 · $0.00
Frederick Douglass: All 3 Memoirs in One VolumeFrederick Douglass44h 9m$2 · $0.00
The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America (Annotated)Howard Irving Chapelle, Tappan Adney13h 9m$0.99 · $0.00
I've Been to the MountaintopMartin Luther King48m5.0 (2)$11 · $0.00
RevolutionariesSanjeev Sanyal11h 23m$29 · $0.00
We Crossed a Bridge and It TrembledWendy Pearlman6h$24 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m$8 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m$26 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m$29 · $0.00
Saving My EnemyBob Welch9h 11m$20
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m$29 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m$29 · $0.00
The Red Record (Annotated)Ida B. Wells-Barnett5h 19m$0.99 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m$33 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m$15
EnduranceAlfred Lansing6h 1m$20
LES MISERABLES (Illustrated Edition)Victor Hugo66h 17m$1 · $0.00
You may also like
The Story of MilanElla Noyes13h 2m$2 · $0.00
The Brothers YorkThomas Penn23h 14m$30
The History of England (Complete 6 Volumes) (Annotated)David Hume132h 22m$2 · $0.00
The Wars of the Roses; or, Stories of the Struggle of York and LancasterJohn G. Edgar10h 40m$1 · $0.00
ChinaDemetrius Charles Boulger17h 18m$2 · $0.00
The Conquerors: The Pageant of EnglandThomas B. Costain17h 49m$1 · $0.00
The Collected Works of Edward GibbonEdward Gibbon224h 51m$2 · $0.00
History of the Eastern Roman Empire (Summarized Edition)J. B. Bury3h 41m$2
Evolution of the English Medieval Monarchy – 3 Classic English History TextsEdward A. Freeman, Alice Stopford Green, Kate Norgate27h 50m$2
PARTHIA (Illustrated)George Rawlinson11h 50m$2 · $0.00
Charles IJacob Abbott5h 12m$6 · $0.00
The History of England (Summarized Edition)David Hume25h 41m$2
The Last PlantagenetsThomas Bertram Costain19h 15m$2 · $0.00
A History of the Roman EmpireJohn Bagnell Bury27h 30m$1 · $0.00
The Life Of Poggio BraccioliniWilliam Shepherd10h 55m$2.40
King JohnWilliam Shakespeare2h 28m$15
Margaret of AnjouJacob Abbott4h 40m$6 · $0.00
Henry the SecondAlice Stopford Green5h 54m$2 · $0.00
Shadow PrincessIndu Sundaresan13h 24m$20
OathbreakersMatthew Gabriele, David M. Perry9h 49m$29 · $0.00