**From the New York Times bestselling author of Crusaders and a top
authority on the historical events that inspired Game of Thrones, a
vivid, blood-soaked account of one of the most famous rebellions in
history--the first mass uprising by the people of England against their
feudal masters.
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In the summer of 1381, ravaged by poverty and oppressed by taxes, the
people of England rose up and demanded that their voices be heard. A
ragtag army, led by the mysterious Wat Tyler and the visionary preacher
John Ball, rose up against the fourteen-year-old Richard II and his most
powerful lords and knights, who risked their property and their lives in
a desperate battle to save the English crown. Dan Jones brings this
incendiary moment to life and captures both the idealism and brutality
of that fateful summer, when a brave group of men and women dared to
challenge their overlords, demand that they be treated equally, and
fight for freedom.