The brothers York : an English tragedy /
by Penn, Thomas [author.].
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BookPublisher: UK : Allen Lane, 2019Description: xxvii, 655 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781846146909 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 942.04 PENSubject(s): Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483 | Clarence, George, Duke of, 1449-1478 | Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485 | History | History | Great Britain -- History -- House of York, 1461-1485 | Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 | Great Britain -- History -- House of Lancaster, 1399-1461Summary: In early 1461, a 17-year-old boy won a battle on a freezing morning in the Welsh marches, and claimed the crown of England as Edward IV, first king of the usurping house of York. It was a time when old certainties had been shredded: by popular insurgency, economic crisis, feuding, and a corrupt, bankrupt government presided over by the imbecilic, Lancastrian King Henry VI. The country was in need of a new hero. Magnetic, narcissistic, Edward found himself on the throne, and alongside him his two younger brothers: the unstable, petulant George, Duke of Clarence, and the boy who would emerge from his shadow, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. This is the story of three remarkable brothers, two of whom were crowned kings of England and the other an heir.
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| 942.04 ASH The Wars of the Roses / | 942.04 BIC Battle royal : the wars of Lancaster and York, 1440-1462 / | 942.04 GOO Fatal colours: the Battle of Towton, 1461 | 942.04 PEN The brothers York : an English tragedy / | 942.04 POL The wars of the roses | 942.04 ROY The Wars of the Roses: | 942.04 SAD The red rose and the white: the Wars of the Roses, 1453-1487 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In early 1461, a 17-year-old boy won a battle on a freezing morning in the Welsh marches, and claimed the crown of England as Edward IV, first king of the usurping house of York. It was a time when old certainties had been shredded: by popular insurgency, economic crisis, feuding, and a corrupt, bankrupt government presided over by the imbecilic, Lancastrian King Henry VI. The country was in need of a new hero. Magnetic, narcissistic, Edward found himself on the throne, and alongside him his two younger brothers: the unstable, petulant George, Duke of Clarence, and the boy who would emerge from his shadow, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. This is the story of three remarkable brothers, two of whom were crowned kings of England and the other an heir.
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