Wars of the Roses - 1452-1492
By Susan Appleyard
Publication Date: 12th January 2026
Print Length: 1999 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
A true Game of Thrones. Meet the players: King Edward IV, the handsome youth whose courage and battlefield skills led him to the throne; King Henry VI - his contemporaries called him mad; King Richard III, still controversial today. Their wives: beautiful, low-born Elizabeth Wooville; Margaret of Anjou, fierce and formidable; Anne Neville, daughter of the 'Kingmaker'.
In 1453, King Henry fell into a catatonic state. In 1492, Queen Elizabeth died. The years in between were marked by murder, treachery, and romance amid a titanic struggle for the English crown. The civil war between the houses of York and Lancaster was like no other. Here in these three volumes is the full story.
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Wars of the Roses - 1452-1492
Susan Appleyard
Susan was born in England, which is where she learned to love English history, and now lives in Canada in the summer. In winter she and her husband flee the cold for their second home in Mexico. Susan divides her time between writing and her hobby, oil painting, although writing will always be her first love. She was fortunate in having had two books published traditionally. Since joining the ebook crowd, she has published nine books, some of which have won various awards.
I’ve always found the Wars of the Roses confusing with all the different names and alliances. Did you find that one particular person or event really stood out to you while researching the book?
ReplyDeleteThe Wars of the Roses never fails to amaze me with just how much drama was packed into those years. So many larger-than-life characters, complicated alliances and competing claims to the throne — it really does read like something a novelist couldn't possibly get away with inventing! This sounds like a fascinating historical fiction series. 📚
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