The Conquering Family
The Conquering FamilyBy Thomas Bertram Costain
Length17h 28m
About this audiobook
The Conquering Family is a history book which begins with the conquest of England by William the Conqueror in 1066 and closes with the end of the reign of John in 1216, when the full merging of Norman and Saxon had taken place and the conquest was complete. In this volume the author brings fascinating stories of William the Conqueror, Henry I and his Good Queen Maude, Henry II, Thomas à Becket, John, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard Coeur de Lion and many other. He also doesn't forget to include and gives a thorough analysis of the most important documents of the epoch, such are the Domesday Book, the Treaty of Wallingford, the Charter of Henry I, the Constitutions of Clarendon, and the Magna Charta.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length17 hrs 28 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 25, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
12CHAPTER XI The Milch Cow of the Third Crusade
2CHAPTER I Three Strong Men
13CHAPTER XII The Lord of the Manor and the Villein
3CHAPTER II The Strongest Man Rules
14CHAPTER XIII Melech-Ric
4CHAPTER III A Dangerous King, a Saint, and a Rogue
15CHAPTER XIV While the Devil Was Loose
5CHAPTER IV Good Queen Mold and the Charter
16CHAPTER XV The Unsolved Mystery
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6CHAPTER V A Bad Man Can Be a Good King
17CHAPTER XVI John Softsword
7CHAPTER VI A Royal Triangle and the Wars It Caused in the Sorry Reign of Stephen
18CHAPTER XVII With Bell, Book, and Candle
8CHAPTER VII The Epic Reign of a Great King
19CHAPTER XVIII Magna Charta
9CHAPTER VIII The King and the Archbishop
20CHAPTER XIX Twilight of a Tyrant
10CHAPTER IX The Invasion of Ireland
21CHAPTER XX A Nation Again
11CHAPTER X The Sin of Absalom
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