The Wars Of The Roses (A Royal History Of England) - Hardcover

Cheetham, Anthony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0304354686 ISBN 13: 9780304354689

Publisher: W&N, 2000

Synopsis

From Henry IV, the first Lancastrian king, to Richard III and his death at Bosworth, "The Wars of the Roses" follows the history of the kings of the houses of Lancaster and York who shaped this tumultuous period in English history.

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About the Author:

Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed historical works, including the biographies MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS (a 40th anniversary edition was published in May 2009), CROMWELL: OUR CHIEF OF MEN, KING CHARLES II and THE GUNPOWDER PLOT (CWA Non-Fiction Gold Dagger; St Louis Literary Award). She has written five highly praised books which focus on women in history, THE WEAKER VESSEL: WOMEN'S LOT IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND (Wolfson Award for History, 1984), THE WARRIOR QUEENS: BOADICEA'S CHARIOT, THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII, MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE JOURNEY (Franco-British Literary Prize 2001), which was made into a film by Sofia Coppola in 2006 and most recently LOVE AND LOUIS XIV: THE WOMEN IN THE LIFE OF THE SUN KING. She was awarded the Norton Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000. Antonia Fraser was made DBE in 2011 for her services to literature. Her most recent book is MUST YOU GO?, celebrating her life with Harold Pinter, who died on Christmas Eve 2008. She lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: W&N
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0304354686
• ISBN 13: 9780304354689
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112
• Editor: Fraser Antonia