Lancaster And York: The Wars of the Roses

by Alison Weir (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $4.21

  The war between the houses of Lancaster and York for England's throne saw some of the bloodiest battles on England's soil. This account of the war focuses on the human side - on the people and personalities involved in the conflict, chiefly King Henry VI and the Duke of York, Richard Plantagenet.

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $3.26

  Focuses on the human side of the war for the English throne between the houses of Lancaster and York, which convulsed the kingdom between 1455 and 1487. At the centre of the book stands the pious Henry VI, whose mental instability led to political chaos, and his redoubtable wife, Margaret of Anjou.

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  Hardcover
  1995

  $3.26

  The war between the houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England convulsed the kingdom between 1455 and 1487. This book focuses on the human side of history, on the people and personalities involved in the conflict. At the centre of the book stand Henry VI, the pious King whose mental instability led to political chaos; Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York and Henry's rival; and most important of all, Margaret of Anjou, Henry's wife, who took up arms in her husband's cause and battled for many years in a violent man's world.