Blood and Roses: One Family's Struggle and Triumph During the Tumultuous Wars of the Roses - Couverture rigide

Castor, Helen

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ISBN 10 : 0007148089 ISBN 13 : 9780007148080

Editeur : Harper, 2006

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Wars of the Roses tore England asunder. Over the course of thirty years, four kings lost their thrones, countless men lost their lives on the battlefield or their heads on the block, and others found themselves suddenly flush with gold. Yet until now, little has been written about the ordinary people who lived through this extraordinary time.

Blood and Roses is a gripping, intimate story of one determined family conducting everyday business against the backdrop of a disintegrating society and savage civil war. Drawing on a rare trove of letters discovered in a tumbledown stately home, historian Helen Castor reconstructs the turbulent affairs of the Pastons through three generations of births, marriages, and deaths as they single-mindedly worked their way up from farmers to landed gentry. It is a remarkable chronicle of devotion, ambition, and survival that brings a remote and hazy era to vibrant new life.

Revue de presse :

“Dynamic... Persuasive... The tensions and affections binding the family shine across the centuries.” (Boston Globe)

“Castor has brought the Paston family to life in an accessible and fluid narrative.” (Library Journal)

“A master of every weapon in the modern historian’s arsenal... Castor has made the whole century live again .” (New York Times Book Review)

“Beautifully paced and splendidly retold, Castor’s tale... is popular history at its best.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0007148089
• ISBN 13: 9780007148080
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448