Dan Jones

His sixth book, Crusaders: An Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Land was published on 5 September 2019. It deals with the Crusades from 1096 onwards.

Over four weeks in March 2019, Jones, with Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb and engineer Rob Bell, presented London: 2,000 years of history, for Channel 5 (UK).

In August 2018, he published The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 illustrated by Marina Amaral.

In June 2018 he presented a three-part series, for Channel 5 (UK), Building Britain's Canals.

Jones' fifth book, The Templars, The Rise and the Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors, was published in September 2017 about the Knights Templar. Jones also worked as historical consultant on the 2018 HISTORY historical drama Knightfall, also presenting the official podcast.

In May 2017, he co-wrote and co-presented a three-part docu-drama, with Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb, Elizabeth I, which was shown on Channel 5 (UK).

For three consecutive evenings, in May and June 2017, Jones, with Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb and engineer Rob Bell, presented The Great Fire, for Channel 5 (UK), a series in which the three presenters walked the actual route the Great Fire of London fire took across the city.

In April 2016, he co-wrote and co-presented, with Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb, Henry VIII and His Six Wives which was shown on Channel 5 (UK).

Jones' third book, The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors, published in 2014, picks up where The Plantagenets leaves off and covers the period 1420–1541, from the death of Henry V to the execution of Henry VIII's cousin, Margaret Pole.

His fourth book is about Magna Carta and is titled Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter, published in 2014.

In 2014, Jones' book The Plantagenets was adapted for television as a four-part series on Channel 5 (UK) entitled Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty: The Plantagenets.

Daniel Jones (born 27 July 1981) is a British historian, TV presenter and journalist. He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge where he was taught by David Starkey.

Jones was born in Reading, England, in 1981 to Welsh parents. He was educated at The Royal Latin School, a state grammar school in Buckingham, before attending Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, where he was taught by David Starkey. He got a First in History in 2002. He lives in Staines-upon-Thames with his wife and two daughters.