Description |
xxiii, 392 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-377) and index. |
Summary |
Traces the fifteenth-century civil wars that irrevocably shaped the British crown, particularly evaluating the roles of strong women including Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, and Margaret Beaufort in shifting power between two ruling families. |
Contents |
Beginnings (1420-1437) -- What is a king? (1437-1455) -- The hollow crown (1455-1471) -- The rise of the Tudors (1471-1525). |
Subject |
Great Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485.
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Great Britain -- History -- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485.
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Tudor, House of.
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Plantagenet, House of.
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Genre |
History.
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ISBN |
9780670026678 (hardcover) |
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0670026670 (hardcover) |
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