A review by fetterov
Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

5.0

A wonderful volume that takes the reader through roughly a thousand years between the fall of the western Roman Empire and the fallout from the Protestant Reformation. Dan Jones writes an eminently readable prose that kept me engaged throughout the book. He did an excellent job painting a picture of what the Middle Ages were like for those who lived in them and how we, in the vastly different 21st century, can relate to their experiences. I really liked how each chapter was on a different aspect of the Middle Ages, but the narrative stayed mostly chronological. It was a fun and informative read. This is definitely a book you can come back to over and over as a reference or if you just want to transport yourself back in time a thousand years. I’ll definitely be adding more of Dan Jones’s works to my TBR list.