The Wars of the Roses were not a coherent period of continual warfare. There were distinct episodes of conflict, interspersed with long periods of peace. But the struggles never really ceased. Motives changed, fortunes waxed and waned, the nature of kingship was weighed and measured and the mettle of some of England’s greatest families was put to the test.

Matthew Lewis examines the people behind these events, exploring the personalities of the main players, their motives, successes and failures. He uncovers some of the lesser-known tales and personal stories often lost in the broad sweep of the Wars of the Roses, in a period of famously complex loyalties and shifting fortunes.

• This

  book takes a different approach to the Wars of the Roses, making a difficult subject

  accessible to everyone. It also looks at the more unusual and quirky

  facts of the conflict

• Author wrote a tie-in article which featured in BBC History Magazine on 7 October 2015

• The book has a wealth of five-star reviews on Amazon, praising it as one of the most clearly written and enjoyable-to-read books on the subject

• The Wars of the Roses has been an enduring popular subject since the release of Philippa Gregory's The White Queen and the BBC adaptation of the same title, as well as the discovery and reburial of Richard II's remains

• Matthew

  Lewis has a popular blog about the later Middle Ages, focusing on  the

  Wars of the Roses. He is also very involved in social media, having an

  extensive twitter following, and runs two history podcasts. In addition, he has written two other non-fiction titles (also for Amberley) as well as two historical

  fiction novels based in this period. He is

  therefore very well placed to publicise his book