Blood and Roses One Family's Struggle and Triumph During England's Tumultuous Wars of the Roses

Name: Blood and Roses One Family's Struggle and Triumph During England's Tumultuous Wars of the Roses
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ISBN: 9780007148080

ISBN-10: 0007148089

ISBN-13: 9780007148080

Edition: 2006

Authors: Helen Castor

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In a span of thirty years, four kings lost their thrones, countless men lost their lives on the battlefield or their heads on the block, and others found themselves suddenly flush with gold. The Wars of the Roses tore England asunder, yet until now, almost nothing has been known about the ordinary people who lived through this extraordinary time. Drawing on an incomparably rare trove of letters discovered in a tumbledown stately home, historian Helen Castor reconstructs the lives of the Paston family, who singlemindedly worked their way up from farmers to landed gentry. As they went about their business in a disintegrating society, the Pastons corresponded on topics ranging from…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/11/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



List of Illustrations


The Paston Family


The Rulers of England


Map of the Pastons' East Anglia


Author's Note


Acknowledgments


Prologue then was a good world



A wise man of the law



No will of them in writing



A perilous dwelling



The world is changed greatly



A squire of worship



The heartiest kinsman and friend



Neither in trust nor favour



The infinite process



A drone among bees



Till better peace be



The matter of Caister



I pray get us a wife somewhere



Our trusty and wellbeloved knight


Epilogue: letters of good consequence in history


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index