num_pages: 276
description: Amidst the bloodshed of the Wars of the Roses and the turmoil of Lancaster versus York, a true warrior king will rise to power.As King Henry VI descends into insanity and his grip on power begins to slip, Richard of York assumes control and proves a popular protectorate of England. But the House of Lancaster will not hand over the throne without a fight – and when Richard is killed at the Battle of Wakefield, the Yorkists’ claim suffers a huge loss.Richard’s son Edward is the natural heir to that Yorkist claim , and grows up keen to emulate his father’s fearsome reputation. Fired by grief and inspired by his predecessors, the 18-year-old Edward now looks to defeat the Lancastrian forces at Towton – but his story, and that of England’s two warring families, is far from ove r…Son of York follows Edward through adolescence as he tries to survive the vicious factional politics of mid-fifteenth-century England and establish himself as the true heir to the throne .
language: English
title: Son of York
publisher: Endeavour Media