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Tewkesbury 1471 - The Last Yorkist Victory

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Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - Middle Ages (500 to 1500 A.D.)

MSRP old price: $25.00


Product Info

Title
Tewkesbury 1471 - The Last Yorkist Victory
Publisher
Category
Author
Christopher Gravett
Publish Year
2003
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147397971
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM131
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM131

Description

In this book Christopher Gravett details the climactic events of 1471 and the battle that virtually extinguished the Lancastrian cause. After the crushing Yorkist victory at Towton in 1461, King Edward IV appeared to have triumphed in England’s bloody Wars of the Roses. The Lancastrian King Henry VI was even a prisoner in the Tower of London. By 1470, however, Edward’s erstwhile ally the Earl of Warwick – The ‘Kingmaker’ – had joined the Lancastrians and a final reckoning was inevitable. Warwick perished at Barnet in April 1471, and on 4 May Edward confronted his enemies, including Edward, Prince and last hope of the House of Lancaster, at Tewkesbury.