England, 1454: King Henry VI, having struggled for a decade to contain the violent feuding of his dukes, is losing his mind. Disgruntled nobles support the regal claims of Richard, Duke of York, great-grandson of Edward III. The stage is set for civil war.The first volume of an enthralling two-part history of the dynastic wars fought between the houses of Lancaster and York, Battle Royal traces the conflict from its roots in the 1440s to the early 1460s—a period marked by the rise and fall of Richard of York, the deposition of Henry VI following the Lancastrian defeat at Towton, and the subsequent seizure of his throne by Richard's son Edward.Charting a clear course through the dynastic complexities of fifteenth-century power politics, and offering crisply authoritative analysis of the key battles of the Wars of the Roses, Battle Royal is a dynamic and rigorously researched account of England's longest and bloodiest civil war.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- List of Maps 1–27
- List of Tables and Family Trees
- Protagonists and Marriages
- Maps 1–5
- Princes of the Blood Family Tree
- Preface
- Prologue · Passionate Princesses
- I · House of Lancaster
- II · House of Beaufort
- III · House of Valois-Anjou
- IV · House of York
- V · Faction and Feud
- VI · Defeat and Humiliation
- VII · Henry and Richard
- VIII · House of Neville
- IX · Marguerite
- X · Mitre and Crown
- XI · Richard
- XII · Henry
- XIII · Coup d’etat
- XIV · Marguerite’s Counter-coup
- XV · Lord of Calais
- XVI · Here be Dragons
- XVII · Marguerite and Henry
- Entr’acte · The English Way of War
- XVIII · Marguerite’s Army
- XIX · Lancaster Resurgent
- XX · Warwick’s Apotheosis
- XXI · Betrayal
- XXII · Marguerite and Son
- XXIII · Richard’s Humiliation
- XXIV · Edward of March
- XXV · The Bubble Reputation
- XXVI · Two Kings
- XXVII · Knight’s Gambit
- XXVIII · Endgame
- Coda · Checkmate
- Appendix A English Peerage 1440–62, by date of creation
- Appendix B English Peerage 1440–62, alphabetical
- Appendix C Archbishops and Bishops 1440–62
- Appendix D Beauchamp Inheritance
- Works Consulted
- Acknowledgements
- Image Credits
- Illustrations
- Index
- Copyright
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