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Stoke Field: The Last Battle of the Wars of the Roses
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The Battle of Stoke, the last and most neglected armed clash of the Wars of the Roses, is one of history's great might-have-beens. The forces of the first Tudor king Henry VII confronted the rebel army of the pretender Lambert Simnel and his commander the Earl of Lincoln. Henry's victory over the Yorkists was decisive - it confirmed the crown to the House of Tudor for more than a century. David Baldwin's fascinating and meticulously researched study of the battle gives a keen insight into the opposing armies, their commanders, and the bloody dynastic politics of the period.
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David Baldwin
David Baldwin taught history at the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham for many years, and is the author of four books dealing with people and events of the Wars of the Roses, including the acclaimed Elizabeth Woodville, Mother of the Princes in the Tower.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a good read, though it includes a lot of padding, owing to a scant amount of evidence on the actual battle. This disappointed me, as I assumed Stoke would occupy the bulk of the narrative, whereas it’s only the ‘main feature’.I liked the focus on Francis, Viscount Lovell, as he’s a historical personage that I’ve long been interested in. His disappearance from history does make him an enigmatic character. I enjoyed reading the author’s various theories of what might’ve happened to the viscount.Some parts, such as the focus on certain matters during Henry VIII’s reign, was too far off-topic for me, as were a couple of other parts. This comes across as blatant ‘page-filler material’. Some may argue that the chapter devoted on Lovell’s disappearance is too off-topic, but I would disagree. Lovell was among the rebel leaders at Stoke. As the only leader who didn’t die on the field, I therefore feel that discussing his fate is strongly connected to this book’s main theme.