The rise of the Tudors: the family that changed English history
2013, 2nd Impression. New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Griffin. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #353328
Physical description: 437 pages: 16 unnumbered pages of color plates, illustrations; 21 cm. Contents: List of illustrations and maps --
Map of England, France and Brittany during the Wars of the Roses --
Family trees -- Introduction -- A note on money and dates -- Fortune's wheel --
To conquer or die -- Exile --
Usurpation -- Rebellion --
The rat, the cat and the dog -- A confederacy of rebels --
The spiral of decline -- March to war -- Secret friends -- The Battle of Bosworth -- Our victorious field -- Reward, retribution and reconciliation --
Bosworth rediscovered. Subjects: Bosworth Field, Battle of, England, 1485.
Great Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485. Richard -- III, -- King of England, -- 1452-1485.
Henry -- VII, -- King of England, -- 1457-1509. Great Britain -- History -- Richard III, 1483-1485. Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603.
Price: €12.95