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The last white rose : the secret wars of the Tudors / Desmond Seward.

by Seward, Desmond, 1935-

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Pegasus Books, 2014, c2013.

Tudor, House of.

Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509.

Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.

Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603.

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1485-1603.

9781605985497 (hc.)

160598549X (hc.)

1st Pegasus Books hardcover ed.

xvii, 413 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table ; 24 cm.

Subtitle from cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [356]-389) and index.

The Wars of the Roses didn't end at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. Despite the death of Richard III and Henry VIIs victory, it continued underground into the following century with plots, pretenders and subterfuge by the ousted white rose faction. In a new interpretation of events from 1485 to 1547, historian Desmond Seward reviews the story of the Tudors' seizure of the throne and shows that for many years they were far from secure. He challenges the way we look at the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII, explaining why there were so many Yorkist pretenders and conspiracies, and why the new dynasty had such difficulty establishing itself. King Richard's nephews, the Earl of Warwick and the little known de la Pole brothers, had the support of dangerous enemies overseas, while England was split when the lowly Perkin Warbeck skilfully impersonated one of the princes in the tower in order to claim the right to the throne. Warwick's surviving sister Margaret also became the desperate focus of hopes that the White Rose would be reborn. The book also offers a new perspective on why Henry VIII, constantly threatened by treachery, real or imagined, and desperate to secure his power with a male heir, became a tyrant.

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