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The House of York

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Historian and author Thomas Penn discusses the Wars of the Roses, the princes in the Tower and the start of the Tudor era as he reflects on the Yorkist dynasty and the reigns of Edward IV and Richard III. Historyextra.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine. I'm Ellie Gawthorne.

0:56.2

On today's podcasts, you'll hear an interview with the historian Thomas Penn.

1:00.9

Thomas is the author of a new book, The Brothers York,

1:03.9

which tells the story of the Wars of the Roses through three charismatic brothers of the Yorkist dynasty.

1:09.5

Edward V, Richard the 3rd and George Duke of Clarence.

1:14.0

Our editor, Rob Atar, met Thomas at the Penguin Officers in London to find out more about them.

1:20.0

We often think of the Wars of the Roses as being fought between houses of Lancaster and York.

1:25.9

But to what extent would you actually say that this was a dispute

1:28.3

between three brothers? Well Rob, I think it's true to say that the Wars of the Roses were fought

1:33.9

between these two warring families, these two great families, the houses of Lancaster and York

1:38.4

rivals for the English crown. And that was certainly the case in 1461, when at the great Battle of Tauton, which was fought

1:47.4

on Palm Sunday, as we know in a raging blizzard and was in fact the bloodiest battle ever fought on

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