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The Wars of the Roses 1455-1485 (Essential Histories)

The Wars of the Roses 1455-1485 (Essential Histories)

by Michael Hicks (Author)

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    Paperback 2003

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Synopsis

The Wars of the Roses featured sixteen invasions, four successful; six times kings lost their thrones. This book explores why those invasions occurred and kept occurring. Destruction and devastation were minimal, barely affecting the day to day routine of the civilian population, yet the Wars were lethal for their noble leaders and, as first hand accounts reveal, blighted the lives of their women and children. That the Wars ended so abruptly was not so much because Henry VII won at Bosworth and ruled effectively, the author concludes, but rather because a feel-good factor removed popular discontent and continental rivals turned elsewhere.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 96
 Edition: illustrated edition
 Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 25 Apr 2003
ISBN 10: 1841764914
ISBN 13: 9781841764917

Author Bio
Michael Hicks is Professor of Medieval History at King Alfred's College, Winchester. He holds three history degrees at English universities and has written extensively on the Wars of the Roses, mainly through biographies of important protagonists such as Warwick the Kingmaker, False Fleeting Perjur'd Clarence and Richard III who shaped successive stages of the conflict. He is a regular contributor to history journals and to 'The Ricardian'.