Towton The Bloodiest Battle

by Boardman, A. W.; Hardy, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780750949637
• ISBN10: 0750949635
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-01
• Publisher: The History Press

Summary

Palm Sunday 1461 was the date of a ruthless and bitterly contested battle, fought by two massive medieval armies on an exposed Yorkshire plateau for the prize of the crown of England. This singular engagement of the Wars of the Roses has acquired the auspicious title of the longest, biggest, and bloodiest battle ever fought on British soil. But what drove the contending armies of York and Lancaster to fight at Towton and what is the truth behind the legends about this terrible encounter, where contemporaries record that the rivers ran red with blood? Andrew Boardman answers these questions and many more in the new updated edition of his classic account of Towton which provides a fascinating insight into the reality of the battlefield.Towtonis illustrated throughout with contemporary illustrations, modern photographs, and specially drawn maps.

Author Biography

Andrew Boardman has written extensively on English military history. In 1992 he formed the Towton Battlefield Society and wrote the first major work about the battle two years later. His special interest is the medieval period and when a mass grave was unearthed near Towton in 1996, Andrew was consulted and part of the team from Bradford University that investigated it. He appeared in the Channel 4 programme Secrets of the Dead and lectures on the battles of the Wars of the Roses and related subjects. He lives in Yorkshire and is at present working on a novel.

Andrew's other non-fiction work to date includes The Medieval Soldier in the Wars of the Roses, Hotspur: Henry Percy Medieval Rebel, Blood Red Roses and The First Battle of St Albans.