Wowza! Does it make you feel a great connection to what he is describing? I've read that there is such a thing as trace memory in our DNA.
Not so much. First off...I'm a woman. The guy was a multi-millionaire along the lines of Rockefeller...the 4th son of Henry III. He owned multiple castles...I never owned a home. He was a warrior who liked to rattle his saber, but who didn't win very many battles. He is described as a good father, although he had several illegitimate children, most with his mistress Katherine Swynford (maiden name Roet), whom he took as his third and last wife, and he legitimized his children with her. He was great friends with Geoffrey Chaucer. Katherine's sister Philippa married Chaucer. Gaunt's son Henry of Bolingbroke overthrew Richard II, and became Henry IV. Henry was Gaunt's son with his first wife Blanche.
I traveled to England in 2006 to take a bus tour of the British Isles. I went back the following year for a 10-day stay. I knew nothing of my ancestry at the time, but ended up visiting a lot of the places associated with the various English ancestors I've been connected to. Since my traveling days are over, I now have to be satisfied with learning more about them through books, and historical documentaries. But I'm enjoying it all the same.