The Wars of the Roses : through the lives of five men and women of the fifteenth century / Desmond Seward.
By: Seward, Desmond.
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BookPublisher: New York : Viking, 1995Edition: 1st American ed.Description: xxxii, 379 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), geneal. tables, ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0670842583 (alk. paper) :.Subject(s): Great Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485 -- Biography | Great Britain -- History -- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485 -- Biography | Beaufort, Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, 1443-1509 | Hastings, William Hastings, Lord, 1430?-1483 | Oxford, John de Vere, Earl of, 1442-1513 | Morton, John, 1420?-1500 | Shore, Jane, d. 1527? | Fifteenth century -- Biography | Great Britain -- History -- 1455-1485, War of the Roses | Great Britain -- History -- 1399-1485, Lancaster and York | Beaufort, Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, 1443-1509 | Hastings, William Hastings, Lord, 1430?-1483 | Oxford, John de Vere, Earl of, 1442-1513 | Morton, John, 1420?-1500 | Shore, Jane, d. 1527? | Fifteenth century -- BiographyDDC classification: 942/.04 Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-359) and index.
The way to war, 1450-60 -- The wheel of fortune, 1461-71 -- The prime of Edward IV, 1471-83 -- The reign of Richard III, 1483-85 -- The end of the wars, 1485-99 -- Epilogue : the four survivors.
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Looks at the social and political world of fifteenth-century England through the lives of five influential people: William Hastings, John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, Lady Margaret Beaufort, John Morton, and Jane Shore.
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