The Rose of York
The Rose of York
LOV
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SANDRA WORTH
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First edition 2003
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by Sandra Worth
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Contents
“Expounding an historical epic of honor and love during th
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time of the Wars of the Roses,
The Rose Of York (Love & War
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is both dramatic and evocative in its portrayal of strugglin
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souls making the best choices they can in an unjust world.
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deftly written, reader engaging, thoroughly entertaining an
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nthusiastically recommended historical novel which document
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its author as a gifted literary talent.” –
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“Extraordinary… will breathe glorious light into an era o
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history that’s dark (and) tumultuous.” –
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A Romantic Times November 2003 TOP PICK
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“[M]arvelous... Worth’s depiction of the troubled times
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uncertainty of life and the portrayal of historical figures a
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multidimensional people with good intentions, bad decisions
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greed, jealousy and goodness of heart will leave you wantin
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the next book immediately.”
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“A Perfect Ten.” –
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“Five Hearts
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“[S]o real that one agrees this must have been what they said, the way things happened.” –
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“A true classic.” –
Viviane Crystal, Member Reviewers International Organization
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“[A] luminous portrait... an impressive feat.”
~ Publishers Weekly
“Authenticity, rich period detail, and well crafted characters.”
~ St. Paul Pioneer Pres
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“[A] rich, magnificent novel.”
~ Michelle Moran, author of
Nefertiti
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Sandra Worth is the acclaimed author of six novels set during England's Wars of the Roses. She numbers among her fifteen awards BEST HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY from the Reviewers at the Romantic Times, BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL from the Reviewers at Romance Reviews Today, and the ABPA Glyph Award for Best Fiction-Adult.
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The
Rose of York
trilogy, published by End Table Books
The Rose of York: Love & War
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ISBN 978-097512640
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The Rose of York: Crown of Destiny
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ISBN 978-097512648
6
The Rose of York: Fall from Grace
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ISBN 978-0975126493
Published by the Penguin Group
Lady of the Roses
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ISBN 978-042521914
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The King’s Daughter
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ISBN 978-042522144
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Pale Rose of England
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ISBN 978-0425238776
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by Roxane C. Murph
The Wars of the Roses, the fifteenth century dynastic conflict between the houses of Lancaster and York for the crown of England, had its origin in 1399. In that year, John of Gaunt’s eldest son, Henry of Bolingbroke, who had been exiled by his cousin Richard II, returned to England with an army. Claiming that he had returned only to reclaim his inheritance, he gained the support of many of the English against the unpopular king and his hated favorites, and he succeeded in seizing the throne, and eventually had Richard murdered. The former king’s heir apparent, the young Roger Mortimer, was thus deprived of his rights, and for more than fifty years the Lancastrians, in the persons of Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI, held the throne in relative peace.
The reign of Henry VI, who suffered frequent bouts of madness, became markedly more troubled after his marriage to Marguerite d’Anjou. She dominated both king and court, and was bitterly opposed to the Duke of York, Mortimer’s heir, who had a better claim to the throne than Henry. In the 1450s, when the enmity of the queen and her favorites began to pose real danger to the Yorkists, the duke, in company with his cousin the earl of Warwick, rebelled, and in October, 1460, after five years of sometimes-open hostilities, York laid claim to the throne. In December of that year he was killed at the Battle of Wakefield, and his eldest son was successful in claiming the throne as Edward IV.
