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290 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1595
August 1485 – April 1509. Reign of Henry VII, House of Tudor. Great-great-great-grandson of Edward III.
1455 – First Battle of St. Albans, ostensible beginning of the Wars of the Roses
March 1461 – Henry VI loses the throne to Edward IV
March 1461 – October 1470. Edward IV (York) King of England
October 1470 – April 1471, Henry VI (Lancaster) regains the throne.
April 1471 – April 1483. Edward IV (York) again king of England – his second reighn.
April 1483 – June 1483. Edward V (York) king of England; son of Edward IV.
Richard III (1483-1485) Reign begins June 1483. House of York.
22 August 1485 - Battle of Bosworth Field: the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York. Richard III, the last Plantagenet king was killed, succeeded by Henry VII.
1487 – Ostensible end of the Wars of the Roses.
For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings