The Wars of the Roses
Thirty years of blood, betrayal, and the battle for England's crown. The most comprehensive account ever written for the modern reader.
Why This War Matters
This was not a single battle. This was a generation of war.
For thirty years, two branches of the royal family tore England apart. York against Lancaster. White rose against red. Brother against brother. Crown against crown.
Kings were made and unmade. Armies clashed at Towton in the bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil. The throne changed hands six times.
And from the ashes rose a new dynasty — the Tudors — who would shape England for the next century.
This is that story. Complete. Unfiltered. Told properly.
The war that made and broke kings. The war that forged modern England.
23 Chapters. The Complete Story.
Part I: The Seeds of War
- The Hollow Crown
- York's Claim
- The First Blood
- St Albans
Part II: The Rise of York
- The Rout of Ludford
- Northampton
- Wakefield
- Mortimer's Cross
Part III: The Storm
- Towton
- The Bloodiest Day
- Edward's Crown
- Warwick the Kingmaker
Part IV: The Struggle
- Rebellion and Betrayal
- Barnet
- Tewkesbury
- The Death of a Prince
Part V: The End
- The Tower
- Bosworth Field
- The Tudor Dawn
- The Unification
- Legacy
222 pages of meticulously researched history. No filler. Every chapter earned.
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My Largest Work
This book took everything I had.
Months of research. Hundreds of sources. Countless late nights piecing together the most complex war in English history.
The Wars of the Roses deserved better than a Wikipedia summary or a dry academic text. It deserved to be told like it happened — with fire, with drama, with the weight it carries.
This is my attempt. I hope it does the story justice.
— The Stoic English
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