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Starting where [[Battle Royal: The Wars of Lancaster and York, 1450-1464(Wars of the Roses Book 1) by Hugh Bicheno|Battle Royal]] finished, the Yorkists' victory at Towton looks as if the whole argument will be sewn up nicely but fate has more surprises before the end. Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (the Kingmaker) has more ambitions than he feels that Edward can fulfil as his choice of king. So Edward needs to watch his back as Warwick uses sibling rivalries to manoeuvre the crown back towards his control. Mind you, Edward's mother isn’t helping matters much either!
Historian and former MI6 employee and analyst [[:Category:Hugh Bicheno|Hugh Bicheno]] provides us with a second volume and reason not to be scared of reading historical non-fiction. As he takes us from the aftermath of blood soaked Towton through a couple of changes of monarch to the aftermath of Bosworth Fields, we're again treated to fascinating stuff that can't be made up.
