
Two Kings lose their Kingdoms
The War of the Roses

Join Dr Mark Barnard on a Thursday Morning
Thursday 13th March -17th April 10.30-12.30pm
a 6-week course for just £51.00
Immortalized by Shakespeare’s Henry VI, the Wars of the Roses have continued to fascinate fictional and factual writers. Richard ‘the upstart’ of York, the ‘overmighty’ Warwick the Kingmaker and queen of the hapless HenryVI, Margaret of Anjou - the wicked ‘she wolf of France’ all played their part in England’s longest civil conflict.
But was Henry VI so incompetent, Richard of York so worthy or his queen, Margaret of Anjou, so malevolent as portrayed?
Although enthralling, have such depictions clouded our understanding?
Discover the drama, treachery and intrigue of a struggle for the throne between two rival branches of the House of Plantagenet: Lancaster and York.
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