The Red Rose and the White: The Wars of the Roses, 1453-1487

If Richard III, the last Plantagenet King of England had not launched his precipitate charge against Henry Tudor from the vantage of Ambion Hill on Bosworth Field, how different might the history of England been?-The Wars of the Roses were a series of mini-wars, fought over 30 years between two branches of the Plantagenet royal family, and eventually won by the Tudors.-The Red Rose and the White offers a complete single volume history of the entire dynastic struggle. The book covers all aspects, the social, economic, religious, political and military, disecting the series of campaigns in detail, featuring an in-depth topographical explanation of battle sites, an account of troop movements and fighting, analysis of commanders and senior figures, the effects of climate, morale and the likelihood/incidence of treachery.- Offers in depth topographical explanation of battle sites, accounts-of troop movements and fighting and analysis of commanders and senior figures Conveys to the reader what it was actually like to fight in battles such as Towton or Tewkesbury - bringing the human element to the fore. Not just a military history - places the conflict in context and explains how-and why it came about Covers all aspects - social, economic, religious, political and military Richly illustrated with battle plans, maps, photos of battlefields, portraits of the main characters. John Sadler is the author of Border Fury: England and Scotland at War, 1296-1603 (Longman, 2006) and-Scottish Battles (2003). He has for some several years been employed as a lecturer on medieval and military history at the Continuing Education Centre of Newcastle and Sunderland Universities. - - -