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"The Plantagenets" is a best-selling historical book by Penguin Publishing in the UK and the United States at the same time. It tells the story: The first king of the Plantagenet Dynasty inherited a broken country from the Norman Dynasty that was torn apart, bloody and drifting, and then developed it into an empire. At its peak, its territory stretched from Scotland to Jerusalem. In this epic narrative history, Dan Jones makes the point that the Tudor monarchs were far inferior to the Plantagenet Kings who came before them, who were equally fierce, fearless, and resourceful emperors.

One day in the summer of 1215, at Runnymede on the Thames, John, the "Landless King", was forced by a group of feudal nobles to sign a document that although neither party was satisfied with, would eventually change future generations - the 1215 Magna Carta. This document was of great significance and far-reaching influence. It not only established the concept of "habeas corpus", but also put the originally arrogant royal power in a cage, laying the foundation for the British constitutional monarchy. But the question is, more than 800 years have passed, why are people still talking about this boring document full of technical details? In this book, the famous British historian Dan Jones takes us back to the Plantagenet Dynasty with a wonderful pen, and re-examines the background, process and impact of the birth of this document, especially how it obtained its unprecedented historical status.