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The tumultuous reign of Henry VI and its own climax in the carnage of Towton - the bloodiest battle fought on English soil. The battle of Towton in 1461 was unique in its ferocity and brutality, as the armies of two kings of Great britain employed with murderous weaponry and in appalling conditions to conclude the first Battle of the Roses. Variously described as the largest, longest, and bloodiest battle on English soil, Towton was fought with little chance of escape and nothing of surrender. Yet, as if too ghastly to contemplate, the battle itself and the turbulent reign of Henry VI were neglected for years and years. Combining medieval resources and modern scholarship or grant, George Goodwin colorfully recreates the atmosphere of 15th-century Great britain. From the loss of life of the great Henry V and his baby son's inheritance to begin Great britain and then of France, Goodwin chronicles the vicious infighting at home in response to the vicissitudes of the 100 Years' War abroad. He vividly identifies the pivotal year of 1450 and a decade of break down for both ruler and kingdom as ever more embittered factions struggle for a supremacy that might be secured only after the carnage of Towton. Fatal Colorings carries a cast of strong and compelling character types: a warrior queen, a ruthless king-making earl, even a papal legate who excommunicates a whole army. With its center is the first full description for the crippling incapacity of the enduringly childlike Henry VI - creator of Eton and King's College, Cambridge. Which has a substantive and gleaming benefits by David Starkey, Fatal Colorings brings to life a captivating and violent era.
