Provides a background for the battle in which Richard III died and the Plantagenet line came to an end. Looks at British war and politics beginning with the Wars of the Roses, through the York achievements and the insecurities of Richard III's reign.
Michael Jones co-author of The King's Grave: The Search for Richard III rewrites this landmark event in English history.
... Sir Robert Tunstall, Sir John Savage, Sir Hugh Persall and Sir Humphrey Stanley, along with their retinues. However, we have a variation in accounts here, as Vergil says that Savage had joined the Tudor army the previous day.
The Battle of Bosworth Field: The History of the Battle that Ended the Wars of the Roses traces the history that led to Bosworth, and the battle that brought the Tudors to power.
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Michael Jones uses archival discoveries to show that Richard III's defeat was by no means inevitable and was achieved only through extraordinary chance. He relocates the battle away from the site recognized for more than 500 years.
J. Gillingham), London, 1993 ——, Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a Battle, Stroud, 2002 ——, 'The Myth of 1485: Did France Really Put Henry Tudor on the English Throne?', The English Experience in France, c.1450–1558 (ed. Grummitt, D.), pp.
“An intriguing addition to the history of Bosworth battlefield, clearly based on painstaking research and beautifully illustrated throughout.” —Leicestershire Historian The Wars of the Roses came to a bloody climax at the Battle of ...
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