The Wars Of The Roses The Fall Of The Plantagenets And The Rise Of The Tudors by Dan Jones Paperback Book

The bestselling author of Crusaders and presenter of Netflixs Secrets of Great British Castles offers a vivid account of the events that inspired Game of Thrones and Shakespeares Henry IV and Richard III Discover the real history behind The Hollow Crown The Wars of the Roses the PBS Great Performance series of Shakespeares plays starring Judi Dench Benedict Cumberbatch Sofie Okenedo and Hugh Bonneville. The crown of England changed hands five times over the course of the fifteenth century as two branches of the Plantagenet dynasty fought to the death for the right to rule. In this riveting followup to The Plantagenets celebrated historian Dan Jones describes how the longestreigning British royal family tore itself apart until it was finally replaced by the Tudors. Some of the greatest heroes and villains of history were thrown together in these turbulent times from Joan of Arc and Henry V whose victory at Agincourt marked the high point of the medieval monarchy to Richard III who murde