The red rose and the white : the Wars of the Roses, 1453-1487

The red rose and the white : the Wars of the Roses, 1453-1487 / John Sadler.

Author/creator	Sadler, John, 1953-
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2010.
Description	xxxvi, 307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Lancaster, House of. York, House of. Great Britain--History --Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485. Great Britain--History --Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485 --Campaigns. Great Britain--History --Lancaster and York, 1399-1485. Great Britain--History, Military --1066-1485.

Contents	The art of war in the fifteenth century -- The nature of kingship and the House of Lancaster -- The path to conflict 1453-1455 -- First blood - First St Albans 22 May 1455 -- Blore Heath 23 September 1459 and the rout of Ludford Bridge 12/13 October 1459 -- Northampton 10 July 1460 and Wakefield 30 December 1460 -- Mortimer's Cross 2 February 1461; Second St Albans 17 February 1461 -- 'Palmsunday field' - Towton 29 March 1461 -- War in the north 1461-1463 -- Hedgeley Moor 25 April 1464 and Hexham 14 May 1464 -- The overmighty subject - Warwick the Kingmaker 1464-1469; the battles of Edgecote (26 July 1469) and Empingham (12 March 1470) -- The road to Barnet 14 April 1471 -- Tewkesbury 4 May 1471 -- 'This sunne of York': the Yorkist age 1471-1483 -- 'Under the hog' - Richard III and Bosworth 22 August 1485 -- Stoke Field 16 June 1487.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2009029004
ISBN	9781405823609 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	1405823607 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DA250 .S23 2010	✔ Available	Place Hold