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Towton 1461 - England's Bloodiest Battle

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Type: Softcover

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

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Product Info

Title
Towton 1461 - England's Bloodiest Battle
Publisher
Category
Author
Christopher Gravett
Publish Year
2003
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147832266
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM120
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM120

Description

On a bitterly cold Palm Sunday, 29 March 1461, the army of King Edward IV met that of his Lancastrian enemies on a snow-covered battlefield south of the village of Towton in Yorkshire. The struggle lasted all day in the longest and bloodiest battle of the Wars of the Roses. With the arrival of Yorkist reinforcements under the Duke of Norfolk, the Lancastrian line eventually broke and their troops fled, many being caught and slaughtered in the death trap known as ‘Bloody Meadow’. Christopher Gravett examines the campaign that marked the resurgence of the Yorkist cause and established Edward IV as king.