Danny Damziger was brought up in England and America. Now an award- winning columnist for The Sunday Times, he is the author of eight books, including the bestselling Eton Voices and The Year 1000. He is currently writing a book on the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
John Gillingham is professor of history at the London School of Economics and the author of a number of highly regarded academic works on the Middle Ages, as well as the popular history Medieval Britain: An Introduction.
"Entertaining and informative...Even more enjoyable than the account of the Magna Carta itself is the depiction of who we were in the crucial year of 1215." -- Antonia Fraser, Mail on Sunday
"Brimming with period detail."
-- The Washington Post
"Entertaining and informative...Even more enjoyable than the
account of the Magna Carta itself is the depiction of who we were
in the crucial year of 1215."
-- Antonia Fraser, Mail on Sunday
"In 13th-century England, it was bad manners for lords to pick
fleas from their breeches during meals. Urinating in the dining
hall was likewise frowned upon, 'unless you were the head of the
household.'... Such nuggets abound in this small volume, which
doubles as a brilliantly concise history of the Magna Carta...
Students of history, and of engaging writing, should hope for
further installments."
-- Dallas Morning News
"This is an excellent slice of popular history which has
'bestseller' written all over it."
-- Sunday Express
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