Name: 15th Cent. RPF - Wars of the Roses ships Media: Non-fiction books (including The Wars of the Roses by Dan Jones and The Brothers York by Thomas Penn), historical fiction novel The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman, The White Queen book by Philippa Gregory and TV Series on Starz Summary During the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487), the Houses of Lancaster and York fought for control of the English throne. Henry VI of the House of Lancaster was a politically and personally weak king with an unpopular foreign Queen, and he had bouts of mental illness that left him unable to rule. In 1455, Richard Duke of York, who had a claim to the throne, captured him and was declared Lord Protector. Fighting continues, Richard is killed in battle, and his son Edward of York takes up the claim. Edward wins the crown by force and is crowned in 1461, with the support of his cousin Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (the Kingmaker). Later on, Warwick teams up with Edward's younger brother George to overthrow him and drive him into exile. Edward comes back, retakes the throne, and Warwick dies in battle. I'm mostly into the reign of Edward IV, from him becoming Duke of York after the Battle of Sandal Castle/Wakefield to his death in 1483 and its aftermath. Content Warnings: Period-typical violence and sexism Why I Love It: Honestly, I'm here for the interplay between the York brothers and their cousin the Earl of Warwick! I love the complicated relationships, the supreme loyalty kink everywhere, the trust broken and mended and broken again. Warwick mentored all of them, and ends up fighting alongside his lifelong worst enemies against them! Edward ends up killing Warwick and then his own brother George! Youngest brother Richard of Gloucester stands by Edward his whole life, and then disinherits Edward's sons and throws them in the Tower the minute Edward dies! I'm into the codependency (especially between Edward and Richard), Us Against the World, political machinations - and if you make it all include incestuous sex, I'm very down with that!
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15th Century RPF - Wars of the Roses
Date: 2021-08-17 06:47 pm (UTC)Media: Non-fiction books (including The Wars of the Roses by Dan Jones and The Brothers York by Thomas Penn), historical fiction novel The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman, The White Queen book by Philippa Gregory and TV Series on Starz
Summary During the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487), the Houses of Lancaster and York fought for control of the English throne. Henry VI of the House of Lancaster was a politically and personally weak king with an unpopular foreign Queen, and he had bouts of mental illness that left him unable to rule. In 1455, Richard Duke of York, who had a claim to the throne, captured him and was declared Lord Protector. Fighting continues, Richard is killed in battle, and his son Edward of York takes up the claim. Edward wins the crown by force and is crowned in 1461, with the support of his cousin Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (the Kingmaker). Later on, Warwick teams up with Edward's younger brother George to overthrow him and drive him into exile. Edward comes back, retakes the throne, and Warwick dies in battle. I'm mostly into the reign of Edward IV, from him becoming Duke of York after the Battle of Sandal Castle/Wakefield to his death in 1483 and its aftermath.
Content Warnings: Period-typical violence and sexism
Why I Love It: Honestly, I'm here for the interplay between the York brothers and their cousin the Earl of Warwick! I love the complicated relationships, the supreme loyalty kink everywhere, the trust broken and mended and broken again. Warwick mentored all of them, and ends up fighting alongside his lifelong worst enemies against them! Edward ends up killing Warwick and then his own brother George! Youngest brother Richard of Gloucester stands by Edward his whole life, and then disinherits Edward's sons and throws them in the Tower the minute Edward dies! I'm into the codependency (especially between Edward and Richard), Us Against the World, political machinations - and if you make it all include incestuous sex, I'm very down with that!