An excellent resource for the chaos surrounding Lancaster vs. York. Each ruler is profiled in turn, with beautiful contemporary color illustrations, maps and illuminations. This book will either impell you to read more histories of the period, or will (as it did for me) help organize what you already know. I've read numerous accounts and biographies from this time period, and this was a good book to marshal it all into one coherent timeline. ( )

This is a concise history of the kings who ruled during the Wars of the Roses up to the time of the reign of the House of Tudor. It clarifies which kings were from which house and how they were all interrelated. It also gives a summary of the good and bad characteristics of the person and the reign of each king. It was easy to read and very enlightening.