Read The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors for Free Online

hard-nosed
    A modern image of Richard III, reconstructed from his skull.
    Henry VII. Looks careworn and troubled in his death mask.
    Perkin Warbeck, who impersonated Richard, son of Edward IV.
    The indefatigable and brilliant Margaret Beaufort: a great survivor.
    The battle of Barnet, 1471 (
top
), was actually fought in thick fog and Richard Neville, ‘Warwick the Kingmaker’, was killed in the fighting.
Bottom
, Edmund, duke of Somerset is beheaded following the battle of Tewkesbury. Edward IV watches on, impassive
    ‘Towton 25’ – a face smashed in half. The field of Towton was known as the Bloody Meadow owing to the 28,000 men who died during the battle.
    A squire dresses his knight for combat.
    The Bosworth Cross was paraded with Richard III’s ill-fated army in 1485.
    Edward IV in his splendour – from a genealogy celebrating his royal blood. Three royal insignia are displayed on his charger, representing the Yorkists’ supposed claim to the crowns of England, France and Castile
    Family history as propaganda: Bedford plastered occupied France with handbills illustrating Henry VI’s rightful claim to the French crown. This elaborate version was presented to Margaret of Anjou before her marriage in 1445
    The Tudors were masters of propaganda – roses, genealogies and new histories sold the world ‘their’ fifteenth century, which was immortalised by Shakespeare

About the Author
    Dan Jones is an acclaimed historian and award-winning journalist. His first book,
Summer of Blood: The Peasants
’
Revolt of 1381
, was an Independent Book of the year. He is a columnist for the
London Evening Standard
, and also writes for
The Times, Daily Telegraph, Spectator
and
Literary Review.
He has presented documentaries for the BBC and Channel 5. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.

By the Same Author
    Summer of Blood: The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381
    The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England

Copyright
    First published in 2014
by Faber & Faber Ltd
Bloomsbury House
74–77 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DA
This ebook edition first published in 2014
    All rights reserved
© Dan Jones, 2014
    Cover design by Faber
Cover illustration by Lee Gibbons
    The right of Dan Jones to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
    This ebook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorised distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights, and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly
    ISBN 978–0–571–28809–0