The Lost Kings: Lancaster, York & Tudor
by Amy Licence /
2018 / English / EPUB
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The century spanning the wars of the roses and the reigns of the
Tudor kings was a volatile time of battle and bloodshed,
execution and unexpected illness. Life could be nasty, brutish,
and short. Some met their end in battle, others were dragged to
the block, losing everything for daring to aspire to the throne.
Some were lost in mysterious circumstances, like Edward V, the
elder of the Princes in the Tower. But the majority of these
young men died in their teens, on the brink of manhood. They
represent the lost paths of history, the fascinating "what-ifs"
of the houses of York and Tudor. They also diverted the route of
dynastic inheritance, with all the complicated implications that
brings, passing power into unlikely hands. This book examines 10
such figures, using their lives to build a narrative of this
savage century.
The century spanning the wars of the roses and the reigns of the
Tudor kings was a volatile time of battle and bloodshed,
execution and unexpected illness. Life could be nasty, brutish,
and short. Some met their end in battle, others were dragged to
the block, losing everything for daring to aspire to the throne.
Some were lost in mysterious circumstances, like Edward V, the
elder of the Princes in the Tower. But the majority of these
young men died in their teens, on the brink of manhood. They
represent the lost paths of history, the fascinating "what-ifs"
of the houses of York and Tudor. They also diverted the route of
dynastic inheritance, with all the complicated implications that
brings, passing power into unlikely hands. This book examines 10
such figures, using their lives to build a narrative of this
savage century.
