The lost kings : Lancaster, York & Tudor
Licence, Amy2017
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Explores the implications for the line of succession following the early deaths of ten prominent Yorkist and Tudor men. The century spanning the wars of the roses and the reigns of the Tudor kings was a volatile time of battle and bloodshed, execution and unexpected illness. Life could be nasty, brutish and short. Some met their end in battle, others were dragged to the block, losing everything for daring to aspire to the throne. Some were lost in mysterious circumstances, like Edward V, the elder of the Princes in the Tower. But the majority of these young men died in their teens, on the brink of manhood. They represent the lost paths of history, the fascinating "what-ifs" of the houses of York and Tudor. They also diverted the route of dynastic inheritance, with all the complicated implications that could bring, passing power into some unlikely hands. This book examines ten such figures in detail, using their lives to build a narrative of this savage century.
Main title:
The lost kings : Lancaster, York & Tudor / Amy Licence.
Author:
Licence, Amy, author
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2017.
Collation:
384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780750969987 (hbk)9780750985000 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
942.04941
LC class:
DA245
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1950595