Anon06/22/25, 10:39No.24487039
Yale University English Kings series
Biography + sort of survey on the times of the man on the cover. Quality varies but they are all good academic works, some like Henry III and Henry the Young King are everything you could ever want out of a biography, some like on Athelstan are a bit lacking, but it's mostly the nature of the sources.
Penguin's Magna Carta with commentary by David Carpenter is a really good look into England during the reign of John.