Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter - Dan Jones

Written by Dan Jones
Read by Dan Jones
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter
By: Dan Jones
Narrated by: Dan Jones
Release date
10-04-2025
Language
English
Format
Audiobook
Length
3 hrs and 1 min
Publisher
Apollo
Categories
History

Bloomsbury presents Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter, written and read by Dan Jones.

A beautifully produced account of the signing, impact and legacy of Magna Carta, a document that became one of the most influential statements in the history of democracy, as part of the stunning landmark library series.

On a summer’s day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgruntled barons in a meadow by the river Thames named Runnymede. Beset by foreign crisis and domestic rebellion, King John was fast running out of options. On 15 June he reluctantly agreed to fix his regal seal to a document that would change the world.

A milestone in the development of constitutional politics and the rule of law, the ‘Great Charter’ established an Englishman’s right to Habeas Corpus and set limits to the exercise of royal power. For the first time a group of subjects had forced an English king to agree to a document that limited his powers by law and protected their rights.

Dan Jones’s elegant and authoritative narrative of the making and legacy of Magna Carta is amplified by profiles of the barons who secured it and a full text of the charter in both Latin and English.

©2014 Dan Jones (P)2025 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.