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A review by cj_jones
The Wars of the Roses by Alison Weir
4.0
Much like the previously reviewed "And Die in the West", this book contains a great deal of well documented information, and I did occasionally feel like I was drowning in facts. But unlike ADitW this book seemed to have a flow to it--quite possibly because events lent themselves to better continuity, or because the players had more direction.
Almost all of my information about the period is thanks to Shakespeare, but since he was a well paid propaganda engine for the Tudors, I left my mind open for new interpretations. Despite a disappointing paucity of storyline for Richard III and Henry VII I was pleased with the work and it was, in fact, a page turner.
There was a surprising number of battles where one side was utterly routed and massacred, with heads posted at city gates and all, then everybody went home for a few weeks until both sides raised an entirely new army, just as large, and they went at it again. I have to assume England at the time was some sort of primitive Civ game where you built a Wonder of the World that spewed forth brawny young lads ready to commit mayhem.
Almost all of my information about the period is thanks to Shakespeare, but since he was a well paid propaganda engine for the Tudors, I left my mind open for new interpretations. Despite a disappointing paucity of storyline for Richard III and Henry VII I was pleased with the work and it was, in fact, a page turner.
There was a surprising number of battles where one side was utterly routed and massacred, with heads posted at city gates and all, then everybody went home for a few weeks until both sides raised an entirely new army, just as large, and they went at it again. I have to assume England at the time was some sort of primitive Civ game where you built a Wonder of the World that spewed forth brawny young lads ready to commit mayhem.