Episode 152 - The Wars of the Roses part 1: The battles begin
The English Heritage Podcast
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The Wars of the Roses - A Brief History
The wars of the roses were a turbulent period in English history. Shakespeare's plays are all based upon them, and they've left a real cultural mark as well as a historical one. These people bestrode england, as it were at the time. The fact that they all came together and fought makes this a particularly ant period of english history.
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