Conn Iggulden Wars of the Roses Series 4 Books Collection Set (Stormbird, Trinity, Ravenspur, Bloodline)

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Reading this book got me excited to read the nonfiction book about the War of the Roses and learn all I can. A secret truce negotiated with France to trade British territories for a royal bride—Margaret of Anjou—sparks revolts across English territory.

With each month that Henry is all but absent as king, Richard, the duke of York, protector of the realm, extends his influence throughout the kingdom.Following Stormbird, Margaret of Anjou is the second epic installment in master storyteller Conn Iggulden’s new Wars of the Roses series. I have not included a dozen minor skirmishes, but that feud played a key part in deciding where the Nevilles and the Percys stood in the first battle of St. I've read quite a few books about this period but this the first to explore what it must have been like for the English settlers who suddenly found their lands in France had been given back to the French.

With a background in English too, he has a handling of the craft quite unlike any other, knowing and understanding exactly what it is that his readers are looking for.Desperate to reclaim his throne, Edward lands at Ravenspur with a half-drowned army and his brother Richard at his side.

It is no surprise that Henry VI is seen as a weak King by the English; it is no surprise that his nobles wanted a stronger man to lead them.Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Will this marriage save the King and his Kingdom, or will it be too late, because storm clous are gathering and soon the vultures are attacking the King and Queen from abroad and at home.

The clash of the Houses of Lancaster and York may be the beginning of a war that could tear England apart . It's up to his son to take the throne, but frail in body and mind, he is dependent on his supporters to run his kingdom. Because he can let free reign to his imagination, and his experiences from travelling the Mongolian steppes. Winter 1461 – Richard Duke of York is dead, his ambitions in ruins, his head spiked on the walls of York city.Less inspiring, for me, were the skirmishes between the English and French and the long trek of Jack Cade and his army of Kentish men as they laid siege to London. That there were no simple bad guys, just people caught up in the events of history, their inadequacies, old feuds and building/ retaining family titles and lands. His sole desire is to serve the king and accomplish the King’s desires no matter what it costs the Kingdom in general or him personally.