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<p class="null1">The tumultuous reign of Henry VI and its climax in the carnage of Towton—the bloodiest battle fought on English soil.</p> <p>The battle of Towton in 1461 was unique in its ferocity and brutality, as the armies of two kings of England engaged with murderous weaponry and in appalling conditions to conclude the first War of the Roses.</p> <p>Variously described as the largest, longest, and bloodiest battle on English soil, Towton was fought with little chance of escape and none of surrender. Yet, as if too ghastly to contemplate, the battle itself and the turbulent reign of Henry VI were neglected for centuries.</p> <p>Combining medieval sources and modern scholarship, George Goodwin colorfully re-creates the atmosphere of fifteenth-century England. From the death of the great Henry V and his baby son’s inheritance first of England and then of France, Goodwin chronicles the vicious infighting at home in response to the vicissitudes of the Hundred Years War abroad. He vividly describes the pivotal year of 1450 and a decade of breakdown for both king and kingdom, as increasingly embittered factions struggle for a supremacy that could be secured only after the carnage of

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Author

Goodwin, George; Starkey, David

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393083972

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities