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The Wars of the Roses by Alison Weir (1996, Paperback, Reprint) 
The Wars of the Roses by Alison Weir (1996, Paperback, Reprint)

 
The Wars of the Roses by Alison Weir (1996, Paperback, Reprint)

Author: Alison Weir
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Publication Date: 1996-07-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0345404335
ISBN-13: 9780345404336
Product ID: EPID135188
Description: This book is a "prequel" to the author's "The Princes in the Tower." Fans of Shakespeare will be familiar with the cast of characters in the civil wars and court intrigue which plagued England in the 15th century. Weir pays special atten...
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This book is a "prequel" to the author's "The Princes in the Tower." Fans of Shakespeare will be familiar with the cast of characters in the civil wars and court intrigue which plagued England in the 15th century. Weir pays special attention to some of the powers behind the throne, such as the Earl of Warwick, known as the Kingmaker, and Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI.

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Publication Date:1996-07-01
Editor:Phebe Kirkham
Edition Description:Reprint

Size
Height:8.3 in
Width:5.8 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:16.0 oz

Publisher's Note
Lancaster and York. For much of the fifteenth century these two families were locked in battle for control of the British monarchy. Kings were murdered and deposed. Armies marched on London. Old noble names were ruined while rising dynasties seized power and lands. The war between the royal Houses of Lancaster and York, the longest and most complex in British history, profoundly altered the course of the monarchy. Alison Weir brings brilliantly to life both the war itself and the historic figures who fought it on the great stage of England. Here are the queens who changed history through their actions - the chic, unconventional Katherine of Valois, Henry V's queen; the ruthless, social-climbing Elizabeth Wydville; and, most crucially, Margaret of Anjou, a far tougher and more powerful character than her husband, Henry VI, and a central figure in the Wars of the Roses. Here, too, are the nobles who carried the conflict down through the generations - the Beauforts, the bastard descendants of John of Gaunt; Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known to his contemporaries as 'the Kingmaker'; and the Yorkist King, Edward IV, a ruthless charmer who pledged his life to cause the downfall of the House of Lancaster.

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