The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Year: 2014
• Leaves: 392
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

The best-selling author of The Plantagenets traces the 15th-century civil wars that irrevocably shaped the British crown, particularly evaluating the roles of strong women including Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret Beaufort in shifting power between two ruling families. Includes six maps and four genealogies.

Abstract: The best-selling author of The Plantagenets traces the 15th-century civil wars that irrevocably shaped the British crown, particularly evaluating the roles of strong women including Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret Beaufort in shifting power between two ruling families. Includes six maps and four genealogies

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Beginnings (1420-1437). "King of all the world"
"We were in perfect health"
"Born to be king"
"Oweyn Tidr" --
What is a king? (1437-1455). "My Lord of Suffolk's good lordship"
"A dear marriage"
"Away, traitors, away!"
"Then bring in the duke of York"
"Smitten with a frenzy" --
The hollow crown (1455-1471). "Princess most excellent"
"Suddenly fell down the crown"
"Havoc"
"The noble and the lowly"
"Diverse times"
"Final destruction" --
The rise of the Tudors (1471-1525). "To execute wrath"
"The only imp now left"
"Judge me, o Lord"
"War or life"
"Envy never dies"
"Blanche Rose."

✦ Subjects

Great Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485. Great Britain -- History -- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485. Tudor, House of. Plantagenet, House of. Great Britain