A Beginner's Guide to The Wars of the Roses

From 1455-1487, the Wars of the Roses
tore England apart.
Subject to the rule of a weak monarch,
son of one of England’s greatest kings,
Henry V, bit by bit, the kingdom
overseas disappeared while the
discontent within grew into civil war.
Why did the Duke of York rebel against
his cousin the king?
How did England survive five kings and
two usurpations in thirty-two years and
the deaths of over 100,000 of its people?
This is not only their story, but the
story of England - of us.

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