The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
Anne, many congrats on the new novel. We’re in England in the early 1450s and just at the start of the Wars of the Roses. Queen Margaret and Anne, Countess of Warwick are the main two characters. What was the genesis of the story? The battles and political struggles...
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Gentle, peace-loving Henry VI had been the undisputed ruler for over thirty-five years and, since he had a legitimate male heir, the future of his dynasty was assured. Though Henry was not a king who was going to be awarded any ‘best king ever’ medals, the vast...
The Wars of the Roses was packed with remarkable characters - Richard III, Warwick the Kingmaker, Margaret of Anjou, the ‘mad king’ Henry VI, and so on. One of the less familiar, perhaps, is John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford (1444-1513). John was one of the great...
James I: The Wisest Fool What makes a good king? What, for that matter, makes a good leader? Nowadays, we might identify qualities such as charisma, presence, and – one would hope – intelligence in decision-making and genuine care for the wellbeing of the people...
Graham Turner, many congratulations on a quite stunning collection of paintings for the book. What is it about the Wars of the Roses that make such an attractive subject for your art? Thank you. As a child my imagination was captured by seeing armour in places like...
The Wars of the Roses: The Medieval Art of Graham Turner Graham Turner is a leading historical artist, well-known for his illustration of the medieval era and his work for Osprey Publishing. As the title suggests, this latest Osprey volume is a compendium of his...
Anne O’Brien is renowned for uncovering the voices of forgotten women in medieval history. A Marriage of Fortune is no exception, offering insight into female experiences of life in England during the War of the Roses and the early Tudor period. This novel follows the...
On 22nd August 1485 two armies assembled near Market Bosworth to contest the throne of England. One was vast and the other tiny, yet the ensuing battle provided one of the greatest upsets in English history. Once the fighting started at Bosworth, the outcome was in...
The Wars of the Roses draw to a close, along with Birks’ multi-generational historical saga in Crown of Fear – the seventh volume of the series. The Elder family’s fortunes have long been caught between the feuding houses of York and Lancaster in a war which has seen...
