Publisher Description
The final volume in A History of the Plantagenets covers the century from 1377 to 1485 when civil war ravaged England, rebellious peasants marched on London and wandering preachers sowed dissent in the credulous poor. The last Plantagenet monarchs governed in violence and confusion. Kings came and went, deposed or murdered. Princes and nobles slaughtered or were slaughtered in bloody battles or private feuds. It was an era of brilliant successes, tragic reverses and wild extravagance.
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About Thomas B. Costain
Thomas B. Costain
(1885–1965) was born in Brantford. He attended high school there as well as the
Brantford Collegiate Institute. His career as a writer began in 1902 when the
Brantford Courier accepted a mystery story from him, and he became a reporter
there (for five dollars a week). He was an editor at the Guelph Daily Mercury between 1908 and 1910. He married Ida Randolph
Spragge on January 12, 1910 and they had two children. Beginning in 1914, he
was a staff writer for and, from 1917, editor of Toronto-based Maclean’s magazine. His success there
brought him to the attention of the Saturday
Evening Post in New York City where he was fiction editor for fourteen
years.
About the Narrators
David Case was a distinguished narrator who recorded over 700 audiobooks, was nominated for a Grammy Award, and received numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards for his narrations. AudioFile magazine named him a Golden Voice.
Frederick Davidson (1932–2005), also known as David Case, was one of the most prolific readers in the audiobook industry, recording more than eight hundred audiobooks in his lifetime, including over two hundred for Blackstone Audio. Born in London, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and performed for many years in radio plays for the British Broadcasting Company before coming to America in 1976. He received AudioFile’s Golden Voice Award and numerous Earphones Awards and was nominated for a Grammy for his readings.