

#12637
Mentioned in 5 episodes
The Wars of the Roses
The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
Book • 2014
This book provides a dramatic narrative history of the Wars of the Roses, a period marked by intense civil war between the Lancastrian and Yorkist branches of the Plantagenet dynasty.
Dan Jones explores the complex political maneuverings, bloody battles, and the roles of key figures such as Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou, Richard III, and the Earl of Warwick.
The book offers a corrective to Tudor propaganda and provides a detailed look at the battles of Towton and Bosworth, where the last Plantagenet king was slain.
It is a compelling and readable introduction to this turbulent era in English history.
Dan Jones explores the complex political maneuverings, bloody battles, and the roles of key figures such as Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou, Richard III, and the Earl of Warwick.
The book offers a corrective to Tudor propaganda and provides a detailed look at the battles of Towton and Bosworth, where the last Plantagenet king was slain.
It is a compelling and readable introduction to this turbulent era in English history.
Mentioned by
Mentioned in 5 episodes
Mentioned by ![undefined]()

as a book covering the latter part of the Plantagenet dynasty.

Dan Jones

117 snips
The Untold Story Of England’s Greatest King - Dan Jones - #852
Mentioned by 

as the 1981 book by Warren Adler that the film "The Roses" is based on.


Adam Buxton

42 snips
EP.257 - BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
Mentioned by Olivia Colman, referencing the iconic film starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas.

18 snips
Cumberbatch and Colman team up to play a couple at war
Mentioned by 

when referring to a film that is a kind of update of the war of the roses.


Sean McNulty

‘And Just Like That’... Streamers Want Rom-Coms, Agents Want Creators
Mentioned by 

as the 1981 novel on which the movie "The Roses" is based.


Stephen Thompson

The Roses And What's Making Us Happy
Mentioned by 

as a book he has been reading while going into the history of Tudor England and the War of the Roses.


Jeremy Ryan Slate

Episode 419 - Jeremy Slate - Is America Doomed To Fail Just Like Rome
Recommended by Polly Platt to Jim Brooks as a darkly comic novel she felt deeply connected to and wanted to direct.

Women of the 80’s (Polly Platt, The Invisible Woman, Episode 8)
Mentioned as the inspiration for the movie “The Roses” which is being promoted by Searchlight Pictures.

Trump bargains between power, safety, freedom
Mentioned by ![undefined]()

as the novel on which the film 'War of the Roses' is based.

Ben Bailey Smith

Now and Ben: Olivia Colman and Jay Roach on THE ROSES
Included in the episode's reading list as an authoritative account of the dynastic conflicts (recommended by the programme).

Margaret Beaufort






