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Buy The Conquering Family by Thomas B Costain online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 2 editions - starting at $ Shop now. THE CONQUERING FAMILY is the first book of four by Thomas Costain on the Plantagenet kings of England. In my opinion, this set, and the 3-volume masterpiece by Shelby Foote on the U.S. Civil War, are the best historical series I've ever read. Thomas B. Costain was a Canadian bestselling author of historical books. His work is a blend of commercial history and fiction that depends heavily on historical events. In , Costain was awarded Doctor of Letters degree and later in awarded a golden medallion by the Canadian Club of New York. Four of his books have been adapted into films.

THE CONQUERING FAMILY is the first of four books chronicling the Plantagenet Kings of England; and traces the origins of the family from the marriage of Matilda (granddaughter of William the Conqueror) and Geoffrey of Anjou. The Conquering Family: The Pageant of England, Vol. 1, Volume 1. The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain's four-volume history of the Plantagenets begins with THE CONQUERING FAMILY and the conquest of England by William the Conqueror in , closing with the reign of John in The troubled period after the Norman Conquest, when the foundations of government were hammered out between monarch and people, comes to life through Costain's storytelling skill and historical imagination.