The Wars of the Roses. This item is unavailable.The Wars of the Roses

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.

Since 1969, Antonia Fraser has written many acclaimed historical works which have been international bestsellers, including Marie Antoinette, Mary Queen of Scots (James Tait Black Memorial Prize), Cromwell: Our Chief of Men, The Six Wives of Henry VIII and The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 (St Louis Literary Award; CWA Non-Fiction Gold Dagger). Antonia Fraser was made CBE in 1999, and awarded the Norton Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000. She is married to the playwright Harold Pinter and lives in London.