The Rise of the Tudors: The Family That Changed English History

by Chris Skidmore

Book Overview

On the morning of August 22, 1485, in fields several miles from Bosworth, two armies faced each other, ready for battle. The might of Richard III's army was pitted against the inferior forces of the upstart pretender to the crown, Henry Tudor, a twenty-eight year old Welshman who had just arrived back on British soil after fourteen years in exile. Yet this was to be a fight to the death--only one man could survive; only one could claim the throne...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312541392
• ISBN13: 9780312541392
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 437 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.5"