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The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors | Dan Jones

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A good look at a tumultuous, bloody, dramatic period of English history. The book is mostly chronological, but within each chronological section, the chapters bounce around a bit making it complicated to follow along at times. Never mentioned the original name of this period or the history behind why it became known as the Wars of the Roses.
#DanJones #TheWarsoftheRoses #history #britishhistory #medievalhistory

GingerAntics @Gezemice still greatly interested in how Alison Weir covered the topic. Clearly she mentioned some things (like the Cousins Wars) that Dan Jones didn‘t. I‘m looking forward to a little break from the family feuding of this period for a bit, but I think when we read the next history play I‘m going to accompany it with Weir‘s take on this period. I‘m very excited for her book on the Princes in the Tower, though. That‘s always intrigued me. 6y

batsy Need a break from this period as well but hoping to squeeze either this or The Hollow Crown in before our next history play

The Hollow Crown: A History of Britain in the Late Middle Ages (TPB) (GRP)

GingerAntics @batsy I‘ve looked at that one, too. It looks good. I may have to read them all, eventually. Apparently this period is covered through the tetralogy we‘re on now and the next one, so there is definitely time to get them in. 6y

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GingerAntics

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors | Dan Jones

Will was (apparently) not alone.
#DanJones #TheWarsoftheRoses #history #britishhistory #medievalhistory #shakespearereadalong #Shakespeare #shakespeareskings #williseverywhere

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GingerAntics

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors | Dan Jones

Shakespeare featured prominently in the epilogue of this book.
#DanJones #TheWarsoftheRoses #history #britishhistory #medievalhistory #shakespearereadalong #Shakespeare #shakespeareskings #williseverywhere

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GingerAntics

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors | Dan Jones

Love when what I‘m reading links up!!! This isn‘t from the tagged book, but actually from the history channel (better known as “history” now 🤷🏼‍♀️). Interesting little tidbit.
#DanJones #TheWarsoftheRoses #history #britishhistory #medievalhistory #shakespearereadalong #Shakespeare #henryIVpart2 #HenryIV #shakespeareskings #historychannel
https://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-should-know-about-the-wars-of-the-rose...

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TheBookHippie How cool is that?!?!?! 6y

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Graywacke Fun trivia. ! 6y

GingerAntics @Graywacke @TheBookHippie not to mention it‘s just faster to says “Cousins‘ War.” Good thing I started reading the Dan Jones book. 6y

Gezemice Alison Weir mentions this, too. Henry VII adopted the red rose as a Lancaster symbol. 6y

GingerAntics @Gezemice this is an interesting little tidbit 6y

GingerAntics @Gezemice oddly, Jones hasn't mentioned this as of yet. Perhaps he will yet. I'm only about half way through this one. 6y

TheBookHippie What is our next read???? 6y

GingerAntics @thebookhippie I think that decision will be made in the next few days. I‘m going to go out in a limb and say there will almost 100% be a week between plays at this point. I think it‘s down to two plays, but I don‘t want to get anyone confused. I think @merelybookish is leading this time, but don‘t quote me on that. Maybe that‘s the time after this and it‘s @readinginthedark this time. I‘m sure they‘ll jump into this shortly and clear things up. 6y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics 🤣🤣🤣 no worries I keep buying the same edition of the plays we read was going to order!!! Hahaha. 6y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I‘m going to have to buy my copy come Monday when I get paid for the month. I think it‘s a debate between finishing off the few comedies we have left or reading another tragedy because we all seem to like those better. I think. 🤣 6y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics right???!?! How funny!!! 6y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I totally lied. We have a ton of comedies left, but some of the plays listed as comedies I honestly thought were tragedies, so maybe we‘ve just read weird ones so far. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 6y

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GingerAntics

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors | Dan Jones

Dunno why, but I rather like these two (Edmund and Jasper). Maybe it‘s because Edmund reminds me of the bad boy of Narnia and Jasper reminds me of my teddy bear. 🤷🏼‍♀️
#DanJones #TheWarsoftheRoses #history #britishhistory #medievalhistory #jasperthebear #jasperearlofpembroke #edmondpevencie #edmondearlofrichmond

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GingerAntics

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors | Dan Jones

This amuses me to no end. No idea why. It just does.
#DanJones #TheWarsoftheRoses #history #britishhistory #medievalhistory #henryvi

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GingerAntics

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors | Dan Jones

Apparently Henry VI was the most advanced 17 month old on the planet, dictating such a formal letter to his “most beloved uncle.”
🤣😂🤣
#DanJones #TheWarsoftheRoses #history #britishhistory #medievalhistory #henryvi

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GingerAntics

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors | Dan Jones

Our dear Hal may seem like a man-child getting into mischief with his friends, but he was a well read, well educated humanist. He received the best education of his day.
#DanJones #TheWarsoftheRoses #history #britishhistory #medievalhistory #shakespearereadalong #Shakespeare #henryIVpart2 #henryIVpart1 #Hal #shakespeareskings

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GingerAntics

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors | Dan Jones

Getting started on this, as we explore the Plantagenet kings from the perspective of William #Shakespeare in the #shakespearereadalong. #shakespeareskings #thewarsoftheroses #danjones #history #englishhistory #plantagenets #medievalhistory

GingerAntics @Gezemice it took my much longer than I was anticipating to finish that massive chunk of nonfiction I just finished. I‘m happily on to this. Hopefully I can finish it by the time we finish Henry IV. (edited) 6y

batsy I loved the documentary he hosted and added this to my TBR. 6y

GingerAntics @batsy apparently “The Plantagenets” goes with this one. This one was also originally called “The Hallow Crown” too, so now I‘m wondering if the show of that name is based off of this book. 6y

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batsy @GingerAntics Yes, I was thinking the same 👑 6y

Gezemice @GingerAntics Awesome! Such fascinating history. Especially if you watch Game of Thrones. ;) 6y

GingerAntics @Gezemice I‘m not sure how this history relates to GoT other than what I‘ve just been able to google, but that gets into historical fiction which I just have too many problems with, so I‘m thinking it‘s a good thing I never quite got the appeal of that one. Sorry. 6y

GingerAntics @batsy oh my god this is the Great British Castles guy!!! As if I didn‘t already love him. Loving this book even more now!!! Top that off with The Hollow Crown with Benedict Cumberbatch as Richard III and I might be in heaven. (edited) 6y

batsy @GingerAntics Haha, yes! Great British Castles guy is pretty damn easy to watch 😂 I need to watch The Hollow Crown again properly. I remember enjoying it but I hadn't read the plays yet then and it'll be fun to revisit it now. 6y

GingerAntics @batsy we still have Henry V (Hal‘s play) and Richard III to read...although it looks like that might be season 2. 6y

GingerAntics @batsy do you own the Hollow Crown or do you stream it from somewhere. I‘m having a hard timing finding someplace to actually watch it. 6y

batsy When it first aired I streamed it on some random site. It's hard over here to get access to dvds, no libraries, and because of licensing issues, we can't purchase online and watch. So it's not right, but illegal streaming is unfortunately what we have to rely on for the shows that aren't on Netflix or available via local service providers. 6y

GingerAntics @batsy where are you? I‘m in the states and we can‘t get iplayer anymore and BBC hasn‘t seen fit to put that on BritBox for us, so I‘m going to have to go that rout as well. AcornTV (English TV shows and TV movies from everywhere but the US) doesn‘t have it either. 6y

batsy I'm in Malaysia. How about libraries, do they have some of this stuff on DVDs to borrow for you guys? Or typically a long wait? 6y

GingerAntics @batsy the public library doesn‘t have it, but I could check the library at the college I work at. It‘s a long shot, but worth a try. They really frown upon anything that isn‘t American history, but they just might since it‘s Shakespeare. 6y

Gezemice @GingerAntics GoT just got the inspiration from it - you know, murderous relatives, kings and queens, bastards, battles, intrigues, changing alliances, many kings claiming the throne, etc. Plus Lancaster and York - Lannister and Stark. Otherwise there is no connection - GoT is fantasy, not historical fiction. 6y

GingerAntics @Gezemice I have seen an ad for an app that has a giant dragon, so I figured as much. 6y

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