Battle royal : the Wars of the Roses, 1440-1462 / Hugh Bicheno.

"The enthralling story of the dynastic wars fought between the houses of Lancaster and York, the first of a two-volume history of the Wars of the Roses. England, 1454. A kingdom sliding into chaos. The mentally unstable King Henry VI, having struggled for a decade to contain the violent feuding of h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bicheno, Hugh (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.
Edition:First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Lancaster, House of.
York, House of.
Great Britain > History > Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485.
Great Britain > History > Henry VI, 1422-1461.
Great Britain > History > Edward IV, 1461-1483.
Great Britain > History > Lancaster and York, 1399-1485.
Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Succession > History.
Kings and rulers > Succession.
Great Britain.
1399-1485
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xxxi, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Wars of the Roses, 1440-1462
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Passionate princesses
  • House of Lancaster
  • House of Beaufort
  • House of Valois-Anjou
  • House of York
  • Faction and feud
  • Defeat and humiliation
  • Henry and Richard
  • House of Neville
  • Marguerite
  • Mitre and crown
  • Richard
  • Henry
  • Coup d'état
  • Marguerite's counter-coup
  • Lord of Calais
  • Here be dragons
  • Marguerite and Henry
  • Entr'acte : the English way of war
  • Marguerite's army
  • Lancaster resurgent
  • Warwick's apotheosis
  • Betrayal
  • Marguerite and son
  • Richard's humiliation
  • Edward of March
  • The bubble reputation
  • Two kings
  • Knight's gambit
  • Endgame
  • Coda : checkmate
  • Appendix A. English peerage, 1440-62, by date of creation
  • Appendix B. English peerage, 1440-62, alphabetical
  • Appendix C. Archbishops and bishops, 1440-62
  • Appendix D. Beauchamp inheritance.