War of the Roses Books in Order

This final Wars of the Roses novel follows Edward IV’s desperate return from exile, the brutal seesaw of power between York and Lancaster, and the bloody path that ends on Bosworth Field with the rise of a new Tudor dynasty.

With Richard, Duke of York dead and his head on the city walls, his son Edward seizes the Yorkist cause, marching south through snow and betrayal to claim the crown, while Lancastrian forces refuse to accept defeat.

In the second volume, Henry VI lies broken by illness while Queen Margaret fights to keep their son’s inheritance, as Richard, Duke of York and his Neville allies tighten their grip and the kingdom slides toward open civil war.

Opening the Wars of the Roses cycle, this novel begins with frail King Henry VI, his determined queen Margaret of Anjou and a disastrous peace deal with France that sparks rebellion in England and gives the ambitious House of York its chance.