Blood of Roses: Edward IV and Towton (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781980530947)

Richard Duke of York lies dead outside the walls of Sandal Castle, lured to his death by false talk of a Christmas truce. His second son Edmund, aged just seventeen, is murdered by Butcher Clifford, his blood staining the cobbles of Wakefield bridge outside the chapel where he had vainly sought sanctuary.The House of York has fallen...but not for long.The Lancastrian army of Margaret of Anjou has reaped the whirlwind with the treacherous slaughter at Wakefield.Edward of March, Duke Richard's heir, is coming after them, tall, handsome, young and a fearsome warrior...and he wants vengeance for the death of his father and beloved younger brother.He fights his foes at Mortimer's Cross, where Three Suns mysteriously appear in the sky as an omen, and then fares on through an unseasonal snowstorm to the field of Towton...and victory in the bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil.The prize--the Crown of England.From the author of the I, RICHARD PLANTAGENET seriesA novella of 25,000 words

Author: J. P. Reedman
ISBN-10: 1980530947
ISBN-13: 9781980530947
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 03/11/2018
Pages: 106
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d