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The Wars of the Roses: A Thorny Throne
by Charles Rammelkamp

Because of William Shakespeare, the Wars of the Roses became one of the best known periods of English history. In his portrayal of the epoch, the very universe was seemingly destabilized and restored; heroism, treachery, and greed paraded across the stage. Yet in reality, the Wars of the Roses were essentially a dynastic struggle, interspersed with fairly long periods of peace.

 

Richard III and the Princes in the Tower
by Elaine Cunningham

Richard III's successors portrayed him as a usurper, a murderer of children, a man deformed in both body and soul. But was Richard truly as monstrous as his biographers suggest or was his reputation--like his portraits--painted over in later years to exaggerate his flaws and, perhaps, to conceal the true fate of the royal children?

 

The Queens of the Roses
by Kate Parrott

Throughout the period of history now known as the Wars of the Roses, a succession of English kings reigned over the kingdom. With them came their indomitable wives--Margaret of Anjou, wife to King Henry VI; Elizabeth Woodville, wife to King Edward IV; and Anne Neville, wife to King Richard III, all of whom would make their own indelible mark on British history.

 

Royal Portraits from the Middle Lands: The Kansas
City Renaissance Festival
by Cynthya Porter

 

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Re-Enacting Queen Anne Boleyn

Forsoothly Spoken
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