Blood Royal - The Wars of Lancaster and York, 1462-1485

The second volume of a rip-roaring, two-part history of England's longest and bloodiest civil war, narrated as a medieval 'game of thrones' by a master military historian.

About the author

Hugh Bicheno is a writer and historian with a specialist interest in the politics and cutting edge of conflict. His books include Gettysburg (2002), Midway (2002), Crescent and Cross: the Battle of Lepanto 1571 (2003), Rebels & Redcoats: the American Revolutionary War (2003), Razor’s Edge: the Unofficial History of the Falklands War (2006) and Vendetta: High Art and Low Cunning at the Birth of the Renaissance (2008).

Hugh Bicheno read history at Cambridge, and later joined the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). He is the author of Crescent and Cross: the Battle of Lepanto, Razor's Edge: the Unofficial History of the Falklands War and Elizabeth's Sea Dogs.

Summary

The second volume of a rip-roaring, two-part history of England's longest and bloodiest civil war, narrated as a medieval 'game of thrones' by a master military historian.

Additional text

Lucidly written and soundly researched, the book provides a highly readable overview of the bloodbath that ended the Plantagenet dynasty and wiped out a large proportion of the English aristocracy ... Strongly recommended' BBC History.

Product details

• Authors: Hugh Bicheno, Bicheno Hugh
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781781859698
• ISBN: 978-1-78185-969-8
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; England, European History, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1000 CE to c 1500, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Non Fiction, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval