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Lancaster and York. For much of the fifteenth century, these two families were locked in battle for control of the British monarchy. Kings were murdered and deposed. Armies marched on London. Old noble names were ruined while rising dynasties seized power and lands. The war between the royal House of Lancaster and York, the longest and most complex in British history, profoundly altered the course of the monarchy. In The Wars of the Roses, Alison Weir reconstructs this conflict with the same dramatic flair and impeccable research that she brought to her highly praised The Princes in the Tower.The first battle erupted in 1455, but the roots of the conflict reached back to the dawn of the fifteenth century, when the corrupt, hedonistic Richard II was sadistically murdered, and Henry IV, the first Lancastrian king, seized England's throne. Both Henry IV and his son, the cold warrior Henry V, ruled England ably, if not always wisely--but Henry VI proved a disaster, both for his dynasty and his kingdom. Only nine months old when his father's sudden death made him king, Henry VI became a tormented and pathetic figure, weak, sexually inept, and prey to fits of insanity. The factional fighting that plagued his reign escalated into bloody war when Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, laid claim to the throne that was rightfully his--and backed up his claim with armed might.Alison Weir brings brilliantly to life both the war itself and the historic figures who fought it on the great stage of England. Here are the queens who changed history through their actions--the chic, unconventional Katherine of Valois, Henry V's queen; the ruthless, social-climbing Elizabeth Wydville; and, most crucially, Margaret of Anjou, a far tougher and more powerful character than her husband,, Henry VI, and a central figure in the Wars of the Roses.Here, too, are the nobles who carried the conflict down through the generations--the Beauforts, the bastard descendants of John of Gaunt, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known to his contemporaries as "the Kingmaker"; and the Yorkist King, Edward IV, a ruthless charmer who pledged his life to cause the downfall of the House of Lancaster.The Wars of the Roses is history at its very best--swift and compelling, rich in character, pageantry, and drama, and vivid in its re-creation of an astonishing, dangerous, and often grim period of history. Alison Weir, one of the foremost authorities on the British royal family, demonstrates here that she is also one of the most dazzling stylists writing history today.

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this was a magnificent book. the reason i gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that it is NOT a history of the wars of the roses. it only covers the period of lancaster vs york. however, it covered this in a complete manner, going back to the roots of the war during the reign of richard ii (many books start much later. you lose some of the causes and influences that way. good for red roses, bad for white roses). who, how, why he was disposed of his rule and who took the kingship is crucial to understanding the later claims of york over lancaster.add-in note - i was just reading another book that started in 1420. when it got to a clash between gloucester and a beaufort, there was a quick note about who they were, but not nearly enough context to understand it, unless you know the subjet well already.. with this book, you have the context the understand who the bueaforts are and why they are reallllly important, as well why there would be contention around them. --- end notethe author concentrates on the people and their motivations, rather than just the mind-numbing actions. the corruption of the councils during the two minority kingships, the struggles of the power groups, the influence of france and burgundy, the reform movements that failed due to queen margaret, etc. one ends up knowing the main flow of events and why things occured as they did.ps - you need to print out the genealogy charts. you can't keep track of the players and their interrelationships without a score card. her charts have been simplified over most charts one sees, so that you can see what's going on easily.

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