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The rise of the Tudors, the family that changed English history, Chris Skidmore

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The rise of the Tudors, the family that changed English history, Chris Skidmore

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-415) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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platesgenealogical tablesillustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The rise of the Tudors

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

827256848

Responsibility statement

Chris Skidmore

Sub title

the family that changed English history

Summary

On the morning of August 22, 1485, in fields near Bosworth, two armies faced each other. Richard III's army was pitted against the inferior forces of the upstart pretender to the crown, Henry Tudor, a 28-year-old Welshman who had just arrived back on British soil after fourteen years in exile. Yet this was to be a fight to the death--only one man could survive; only one could claim the throne. This legendary battle marked the only successful invasion of England since Hastings, and the last time a king of England died on the battlefield. But this book is much more than an account of the events of that fateful day. It is a tale of brutal feuds and deadly civil wars, and the remarkable rise of the Tudor family from obscure Welsh gentry to the throne of England--a story that began sixty years earlier with Owen Tudor's affair with Henry V's widow, Katherine of Valois. Drawing on newly discovered manuscripts and the latest archaeological evidence, including the recent discovery of Richard III's remains, Chris Skidmore vividly recreates this battle-scarred world.--From publisher description

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