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The vicious wars between the English noble houses of York and Lancaster marked the end of medieval England and the birth of the Renaissance. The end of that thirty-year period of strife and bloodshed saw the collapse of the great Plantagenet dynasty, rulers of all England and much of France for over three hundred years, and the rise of the Tudors. All the characters are here: Henry V and his luckless son, Henry VI, together with his unfortunate uncles, John of Bedford and Humphrey of Gloucester, not to mention the notorious Richard III and his nephews - The Princes in the Tower. Neillands skilfully tackles this complex period providing a clear and entertaining analysis. Robin Neillands served in 45 Commando Royal Marines during the 1950s. He worked as a journalist, travel writer and a military historian, publishing many books on British military history from the Napoleonic era through to the Second World War. He died in 2006. His co-author Roderick de Normann also has a military background and several military histories to his credit.