The Wars of the Roses, (Paperback)

from mcalister

The Wars of the Roses is a political history detailing the dynastic struggles of fifteenth-century England. Weir goes back far enough in time for the reader to get a sense of the entire scope of the wars (plural) that saw the English throne pulled back and forth multiple times between two powerfu...

from ex_ottoyuhr

Well worth reading, even if you've never heard of the Wars of the Roses and you don't have the least reason to care about them. Yes, this war mattered -- as Carroll pointed out, it's courtesy of Edmund Mortimer, Earl of Warwick that England got those "wonderful human beings" known as the Tudors o...

from LibraryCin

3.5 stars In the century before Henry VIII, there was a struggle for the English crown, between the Houses of York and Lancaster. This was later called the "Wars of the Roses". I've read only a small bit of fiction on this topic, but not much and only fiction. This one is nonfiction, though, and ...

from soliloquies

Very detailed overview of the War of the Roses. All the major players and battles are covered, with Weir managing to remain more or less neutral. Sometimes you wished for more detail, but the book would have been huge if she had pursued every snippet of information.

from adamvasco

Alison Weir provides a good understanding of the period now known as the Wars of the Roses. She patiently explains the many interfamily and dynastic relationships and gives a good overview of the politics of the era.