We rank medieval kings and learn more of the secret lives of the English Royal family with author of The Plantagenets and The Wars Of The Roses, Dan Jones. The middle ages, Henry V, Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou, Joan of Arc, and Catherine of Valois are covered, and we see why history can be electrifying and (almost) as shocking as Game of Thrones, in this Media Mayhem interview.

GUEST BIO:
Dan Jones is a historian and an award-winning journalist. His first book, Summer of Blood: The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, was published in 2009 and was an Independent book of the year. His second book, published in the UK as The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England, and in the USA as The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings And Queens Who Made England, was a #1 bestseller and a book of the year in the Observer, The Times and the Sunday Telegraph. Dan studied history at Cambridge University, where he was taught by David Starkey and Helen Castor. He graduated with a First in 2002. As a journalist he writes a regular column for the London Evening Standard and is also published widely on both sides of the Atlantic, in the Times, the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, The New Statesman, The Literary Review, GQ, The Daily Beast, Newsweek and the Wall Street Journal.
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EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
00:01 Welcome to Media Mayhem .
00:10 Introducing Dan Jones, author of The Wars of the Roses.
1:00 What is so interesting about the middle ages?
1:55 How difficult is it to conduct research on this time period?
04:00 Ranking medieval kings and the legacy of King Henry V.
12:00 Henry VI crowned at a young age and the process that comes with it.
16:00 Writing about the success of Joan of Arc.
20:45 The development of the young King Henry VI and his leadership skills.
25:00 History is journalism of the past.
26:15 Catherine of Valois, Mother of Henry VI.
29:30 Henry VI marriage to Margaret of Anjou, an extremely confident and headstrong woman.
35:25 Debunking simplified rumors surrounding The War of the Roses.
40:30 Discussing Duke of York’s claim to be of the royal bloodline.
43:20 Outro.
44:25 Thank you and Goodbye.