Challenge for a Throne: The Wars of the RosesIn the fifteenth century two families of royal descent, the houses of York and Lancaster, clashed in an epic struggle to win the throne of England. |
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| Title | Challenge for a Throne: The Wars of the Roses |
| Authors | Franklin Hamilton, Robert Silverberg |
| Publisher | Dial Press, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 275 pages |
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