ASIN: B00JQP4T0C
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 38
This is no mythical kingdom. This is England.This is not fiction, but complete fact. Don’t they say that the truth is stranger than fiction? This was the 15th Century and in this green and pleasant land, numerous players took their chances in the ultimate game. The prize was the throne of England. The game was harsh and it was brutal. Rival families went to war, leaving cousins dead on the battlefield. Brother fought brother as power corrupted and twisted men’s souls. Families were imprisoned and executed. Men were dragged from holy places and murdered where they stood. Advisors schemed and swapped sides. King murdered king in the Tower of London. And it finally ended with a glorious battle charge to either absolute victory or certain death. This was the Wars of the Roses. For thirty years a brutal and bloody civil war ravished the country. The two rival royal houses, York and ...
