The Wars of the Roses

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When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. When it came to the Wars of the roses, truer words were never spoken.

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The She-Wolf Of FranceIsabella, the “She-Wolf” of France and the future Queen of England, was born between May and November 1295 to Philip IV, King of France and Joan I of Navarre. When she was...

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Warrior. Usurper. Monster. The infamous King Richard III has been called many things‚ but "boring" was never one of them.

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Richard III maneuvered the Wars of the Roses to become King of England, only to be cut down in battle with Henry Tudor, ending the Plantagenet line.

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When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. When it came to the Wars of the roses, truer words were never spoken.

INSTANT

Isabella, the “She-Wolf” of France and the future Queen of England, was born between May and November 1295 to Philip IV, King of France and Joan I of Navarre. When she was approximately three years...



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