The Wars of the Roses

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Wars of the Roses
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Hugh Bicheno
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:768
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreBritish and Irish History
Military history
ISBN/Barcode 9781789544725
ClassificationsDewey:942.04
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrated

Publishing Details

Publisher Head of Zeus
Imprint Apollo
Publication Date 5 September 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

THE REAL GAME OF THRONES... The Wars of the Roses were a prolonged brawl over an inheritance by a deeply dysfunctional extended family. The inheritance in question was the throne of England; the story is one of unbridled ambition and murderous treachery. From the 1450s, when the mentally unstable Henry VI struggled to control the violent feuding of his magnates, through the rise and fall of Richard of York, to the chaos and bloodshed of the 1470s which followed Edward IV's accession and his secret marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, this is a saga of ambition, intrigue and bloodshed. Charting a clear course through the dynastic and factional minefield of the era, and offering an authoritative analysis of the battles that ensued, Hugh Bicheno's The Wars of the Roses is a compelling one-volume account of England longest and bloodiest civil war.

Author Biography

Hugh Bicheno read history at Cambridge, and later joined the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). He is the author of Crescent and Cross: the Battle of Lepanto, Razor's Edge: the Unofficial History of the Falklands War and Elizabeth's Sea Dogs.

Reviews

PRAISE FOR HUGH BICHENO: 'Bicheno has an enviable ability to convey the horror of war' Literary Review, on The Crescent and the Cross. 'Invigoratingly fresh... Rich, multi-layered' Sunday Telegraph, on The Crescent and the Cross. 'Gripping' -- John Keegan, on Razor's Edge