Blood royal : the wars of Lancaster and York, 1462-1485 /
by Bicheno, Hugh.
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BookPublisher: London : Head of Zeus, 2016Description: 416 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781781859681 (hbk.) :; 178185968X (hbk.) :.Classification number: 942.044 BICSubject(s): Great Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485 | Great Britain -- History -- Edward IV, 1461-1483 | History | HistorySummary: England, 1462. The Yorkist Edward IV has been king for 3 years since his victory at Towton. The former Lancastrian king Henry VI languishes in the Tower. But Edward will soon alienate his backers by favouring the family of his ambitious wife, Elizabeth Woodville. And he will fall out with his chief supporter, Warwick 'the Kingmaker', with dire consequences. This is the second part of a 2-volume history of the dynastic wars fought between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne from 1450 until 1485. Hugh Bicheno tells the story of the Wars of the Roses as an enthralling, character-driven saga of interwoven families, narrating each chapter from the point of view of a key player in the wider drama.
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| 942.034 BAL Robin Hood: the English outlaw unmasked | 942.038 BAR England, arise: | 942.0409 CRA The Yorkists: the history of a dynasty | 942.044 BIC Blood royal : the wars of Lancaster and York, 1462-1485 / | 942.044 GRE The women of the cousins' war: the Duchess, the Queen and the King's mother | 942.046 KLE Richard of England | 942.046 LAN The king's grave: the search for Richard III |
England, 1462. The Yorkist Edward IV has been king for 3 years since his victory at Towton. The former Lancastrian king Henry VI languishes in the Tower. But Edward will soon alienate his backers by favouring the family of his ambitious wife, Elizabeth Woodville. And he will fall out with his chief supporter, Warwick 'the Kingmaker', with dire consequences. This is the second part of a 2-volume history of the dynastic wars fought between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne from 1450 until 1485. Hugh Bicheno tells the story of the Wars of the Roses as an enthralling, character-driven saga of interwoven families, narrating each chapter from the point of view of a key player in the wider drama.
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