The Wars of the Roses

A good and evenhanded history of the turbulent and bloody period when the Plantagenets lost the throne of England to the Tudors. It is a story of how a perfect storm of pride, misrule, greed, murder, betrayal, treachery, and plain old pigheadedness brought a proud nation to chaos and near ruin. Good book.(It is easy to understand why [a:George R.R. Martin 346732 George R.R. Martin https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1351944410p2/346732.jpg] chose to pattern his Song of Ice and Fire series after The Wars of the Roses.)