John of Gaunt with Helen Carr and Dan Jones

We’ve raided our archive to bring you an exclusive online event from 2021…

John Gaunt was the son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV, and the sire of all those Tudors. He has had pretty bad press: supposed usurper of Richard II’s crown and the focus of hatred in the Peasants’ Revolt, as they torched his home, the Savoy Palace. Did he have his eye on his nephew’s throne? Why was he such a focus of hate?

In anticipation of historian and bestselling author Helen Carr’s brand new HistFest course, The Plantagenets (details below), we revisit the archive to share an exclusive event, chaired by Dan Jones, from 2021.

• Helen Carr is the author of the bestselling The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt and What is History Now?

• Dan Jones is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Summer of Blood: The Peasants' Revolt of 1381, The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England and Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages.

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