Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou and the Wars of the Roses
Subtitle: a source book
By: Keith Dockray
Series: Sutton history paperbacks
Publisher: Sutton Pub.
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Stroud
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
Subjects: Henry, -- VI, -- King of England -- 1421-1471; Margaret, -- of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, -- 1430-1482; Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography; Great Britain -- History -- Henry VI, 1422-1461; Great Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485
Genres: Biography
Other titles: Henry the Sixth, Margaret of Anjou and the Wars of the Roses
Description: "Henry VI (1422-61) was the third, and least successful, Lancastrian king of England; his wife Margaret of Anjou became a formidable political force in her own right; and the Wars of the Roses, so dramatically portrayed by William Shakespeare as bloody dynastic struggles fought for the possession of the crown, brought the usurpation of Edward IV (1461-83), the humiliation and exile of Margaret of Anjou, and the murder of her husband in the Tower of London." "Combining a framework of interpretation and a selection of passages from contemporary and near-contemporary sources, this compilation enables readers to appreciate just why the rule of Henry VI resulted in the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses, what these internecine conflicts were like, and how they culminated in the end of the House of Lancaster."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-143) and index