Free Download Battle Royal: The Wars of the Roses: 1440-1462 by Hugh Bicheno
English | January 10, 2017 | ISBN: 1681773066 | 400 pages | PDF | 24 Mb
The enthralling story of the dynastic wars fought between the houses of Lancaster and York, the first of a dynamic two-volume history of the Wars of the Roses.
England, 1454. A kingdom sliding into chaos.
The mentally unstable King Henry VI, having struggled fora decade to contain the violent feuding of his dukes, is losing his mind.Disgruntlednobles support the regal claims of Richard, Duke of York, great-grandson of EdwardIII. The stage is set for civil war.
The first volume of an enthralling two-part history of thedynastic wars fought between the houses of Lancaster and York,Battle Royaltraces theconflict fromits roots in the 1440s to the early 1460s―a period marked by the rise and fallof Richard of York, the deposition of Henry VIfollowing the Lancastrian defeatat Towton, and the subsequent seizure of his throne by Richard's son Edward.
Populating this late-medieval saga of ambition, intrigue,and bloodshed are such fascinating characters as the vacillating Henry VI himself,hisindefatigable queen Marguerite of Anjou, Richard of York (father of kingsbut never king himself), his opportunist ally Richard Neville―"theKingmaker"―andthe precociously virile Edward of York.
Charting a clear course through the dynasticcomplexities of fifteenth-century power politics, and offering crisplyauthoritativeanalysis of the key battles of the Wars of the Roses,Battle Royalisa dynamic and rigorously researched account of England's longest andbloodiest civil war. 16 pages of illustrations and maps
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