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FROM WAKEFIELD AND TOWTON: WAR OF THE ROSES (Battleground Medieval Britain)

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an expert on the Wars of the Roses,Haigh has,severely condensed the 1460 campaign yet delivered an acurrate picture that makes a great driving tour of the campaign.I however preferred to do the tour from an armchair,thus avoiding getting lost and being "hustled" by a local as I stop for directions.Even worse having an accident trying to read the maps which are great,but you know even the best of maps can leave one confused perhaps by road construction or another accident caused by someone trying to read a tourmap.Or as you stop for directions someone with a gambling problem, might hope they've seen your face on a poster and be pressed to call the police for a reward.
Anyways with the pictures,artists renditions and maps this is a great book .Margaret of Anjou(Shakespeare's witch),wife of Henry VI,comes off as the one wearing the pants for the house of Lancaster in this tourguide,much like a Queen Boudica.She apparently is not hesitant to send her rival house of Yorkers to the block.The wars of the Roses is a difficult period to study because the main actor Lords and nobles keep changing sides sometimes so suddenly that you have to reread the paragraph a dozen times,but Haigh has reduced some of the confusion by keeping to the most important facts.
Fortunately too the English haven't lost their sense of humour in trying to be politically correct.There is a good picture of Richard of Yorks' head at Micklegate Bar complete with paper crown.It's purely wax and remember that no actual wax figures were injured in this production,please don't call the publisher.