A workmanlike illustrated account of the Angevin kings of England. This gives just the right amount of factual detail to give an overview of the period. A relief after the overly romantic novel The Book of Eleanor that I read just before this. ( )

A nice gossipy stew about King Henry II and his four wicked sons by wife Eleanor of Aquitaine: Henry "The Young King," Richard the Lion Heart, Geoffrey Duke of Brittany and the most stupid one of the lot, King John I. If you like this book, you'll love the 1964 movie *The Lion In Winter* with Katherine Hepburn. ( )