Blood and Roses: One Family's Struggle and Triumph During the Tumultuous Wars of the Roses - Hardcover

Castor, Helen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007148089 ISBN 13: 9780007148080

Verlag: HARPERCOLLINS EXPORTS, 2006

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Book by Castor Helen

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Críticas:

"Dynamic... Persuasive. The tensions and affections binding the family shine across the centuries." -- Boston Globe

"Castor has brought the Paston family to life in an accessible and fluid narrative."--Library Journal

"Dynamic... Persuasive... The tensions and affections binding the family shine across the centuries."--Boston Globe

"A master of every weapon in the modern historian's arsenal... Castor has made the whole century live again ."--New York Times Book Review

"Beautifully paced and splendidly retold, Castor's tale... is popular history at its best."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Reseña del editor:

The lives and fortunes of the members of the Paston family during England's devastating War of the Roses are revealed in an intriguing family portrait based on a rare series of letters that follow the family as they work their way up in the world from simple farmers to landed gentry. 25,000 first printing.

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• Verlag: HARPERCOLLINS EXPORTS
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0007148089
• ISBN 13: 9780007148080
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 426