Bosworth
Field & the Wars of the Roses (Wordsworth
Military Library)
by A. L. Rowse
(Paperback - January 1999)
Bosworth
1485 : Last Charge of the Plantagenets (Campaign
Series, 66)
by Christopher Gravett
The Battle of Bosworth effectively put an end to the dynastic struggle
known as the Wars of the Roses, and planted the Tudor house on the throne
of England. Since his death in battle against Henry Tudor, argument has
raged around the central figure of the story, the controversial King Richard
III. Christopher Gravett cuts through the myth to detail the course of
this pivotal campaign. Amazon.com
Paperback (January 2000)
Encyclopedia
of the Wars of the Roses
by John A. Wagner
During the second half of the fifteenth century, a complex and violent
struggle for the English throne erupted between the supporters of the House
of York and supporters of the House of Lancaster. The rise and fall of
these dynasties, and the mystery of the fate of the Princes in the Tower,
have made the Wars of the Roses the subject of countless novels, plays,
poems, and films. This illustrated, authoritative A-to-Z encyclopedia is
written in a clear and understandable style by an... Amazon.com
Library Binding: 375 pages
ABC-CLIO; ISBN: 1851093583; (July 1, 2001)
The
Wars of the Roses
by Alison Weir, et al
"A magnificent history" - The Boston Globe
Paperback: Ballantine Books (Trd Pap); ISBN: 0345404335;
(July 1996)
The
Wars of the Roses (Problems in Focus)
by A. J. Pollard (Editor)
(Paperback - October 1995)
The
Black Arrow : A Tale of the Two Roses
by Robert Louis Stevenson, N.C. Wyeth (Illustrator)
Book Description: A fierce war rages between two powerful and
bitter rivals:on one side the House of Lancaster; on the other the House
of York. The prize? The crown of England! Young Richard Shelton finds himself
torn in his loyalties. Should he serve the interests of his villainous
master. or throw in his lot with the dashing outlaw Ellis Duckworth and
his band known as the Black Arrow? Richard must decide wisely, for his
fate--and the fate of England--hangs in the balance....
An exciting portrait of England during the War of the Roses, The Black
Arrow is a breathless adventure of battle, intrigue, deception, kidnapping,
spies, rogues, heroes,and villains.
(School & Library Binding - November 1987)
The
Wars of the Roses (A Royal History of England)
by Anthony Cheetham, Antonia Fraser (Editor)
(Paperback)
Wars
of the Roses : Peace & Conflict in the 15th Century
by John Gillingham
(Paperback)
The
Wars of the Roses : A Concise History
by Charles Ross
Paperback: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 050027407X; (August 1986)
The
Wars of the Roses
by Bruce Webster
(Paperback - August 1998)
The
Wars of the Roses : Politics and the Constitution in England, C. 1437-1509
(Cambridge Medieval Textbooks)
by Christine Carpenter
(Hardcover - November 1997)
The
Growth of a Medieval Town : Lincoln from the Norman Conquest to the Wars
of the Roses (Cambridge Introduction to World History)
by Trevor Cairns, Dulcie Lincoln Duke
(Paperback - April 1988)
The
Wars of the Roses (Men at Arms Series,
145)
by Terence Wise
The story of Henry VII as the good king restoring peace and prosperity
to an England ravaged under the cruel reign of Richard III is a well-known
episode of English history. It is a colorful story, but it is not the truth.
When Henry Tudor came to power, he had history rewritten in his favor,
and in favor of his family's claim to the throne. This volume reveals the
"civil wars" of the Roses as a mere dynastic power struggle, and attempts
to discover truths which Henry Tudor sought to destroy forever. Amazon.com
(Paperback - June 1984)
The Medieval Soldier in the Wars of the Roses
by Andrew W. Boardman
Contemporary accounts by captains, cavalry, archers and men-at-arms
reveal how men were recruited, fed and billeted, how a battle was fought,
what weapons and tactics they used, and the soldier's fate after the battle.
Hardcover: 224 pages
Sutton Publishing; ISBN: 0750914653; (September 1998)
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Books
The
Tragedy of King Richard III (Oxford World's Classics)
by William Shakespeare, John Jowett (Editor)
(Paperback - March 2001)
Blood Red Roses: The Archaeology of a mass grave from the Battle
of Towton AD 1461
by Veronica Fiorato (Editor), et al
The Wars of the Roses are undoubtedly one of the most turbulent periods
of English history, and the Battle of Towton reputedly the most bloody
battle of any fought on English soil. In 1996 a construction company preparing
to build a garage near the site of the battlefield discovered the first
mass grave of soldiers ever found on British soil. It contained the remains
of up to 51 soldiers who had clearly suffered violent and brutal deaths.
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Wakefield
and Towton : War of the Roses (Battleground Medieval Britain)
by Philip A. Haigh
Richard III has come to be the most famous figure to emerge from Britain's
War of the Roses, largely due to the play by William Shakespeare, but this
30-year conflict (1455-1485) had a large cast of heroes and villains, and
saw the biggest and fiercest battles ever fought on English soil. This
new book in the format of the popular Battleground Europe series concentrates
on two major battles fought during the pivotal years of 1460 and 1461.
As 1460 drew to a close, Edward, Duke of York (white roses) was in open
revolt against the Lancastrian (red roses) king, Henry VI. A superior Lancastrian
force ambushed Edward and killed him and many of his men; Edward's head
was subsequently displayed over the main gate of his own city of York.
Thirsting for revenge, the Duke's son, also named Edward (who later reigned
as Edward IV), gathered a force and sought out the Lancastrian host. On
March 29, 1461 the two armies collided in a blinding snowstorm near the
town of Wakefield in what was to be the bloodiest battle ever fought on
English soil. The prevailing wind blew in the faces of the Lancastrian
archers and the Yorkists were triumphant after a six-hour battle. As was
often the case during the War of the Roses, the defeated army was mercilessly
pursued and prominent leaders were executed when captured. This heavily
illustrated account uses the Battleground Europe format to describe in
detail these historic parts of Britain both then and now, an approach particularly
important for medieval battles that must be more painstakingly reconstructed
than more modern ones. Those seeking background material on Shakespeare's
four plays on Henry VI and Richard III will also find this book useful.
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(Paperback - April 2002)
The
War of the Roses : Through the Lives of Five Men and Women of the Fifteenth
Century
by Desmond Seward
(Paperback - December 1996)
War of the Roses
by Hugh Lander
(Hardcover - June 2002)
Out of Print
Wales
and the Wars of the Roses
by H. T. Evans, Ralph A. Griffiths (Introduction)
(Hardcover - September 1997)
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