THE LAST WHITE ROSE: THE SECRET WARS OF THE TUDORS
Book ID/图书代码： 00530011B47373
English Summary/英文概要： In 1485, the English crown was won in the battle of Bosworth Field, ending the Wars of the Roses which had ravaged the whole of England during the 15th century. The Tudors had gained the throne but their hold on power would always be precarious. As long as the Yorkist faction remained, Henry VII and Henry VIII would never be safe. The Tudor dynasty was anything but a period of security and the spectre of the White Rose haunted their reigns.
In The Last White Rose, highly acclaimed historian Desmond Seward, explores the world of plots, conspiracies and pretenders that threatened the crown and affected the course of English history. The narrative include the rise and desperate fall of Perkin Warback, the first White Rose pretender, Edmund de la Pole, recognised by the French as the true King of England, his younger brother, Richard, a mercenary who was funded by Paris to invade England on two occasions as well as a host of descendents including the Dukes and Earls of Buckingham, Exeter, Montague, Surrey and Norfolk.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 玫瑰的战争没有结束，正如许多人寄希望于博斯沃思之战。 都铎王朝和白玫瑰约克派之间的争斗，伴随着伪装者和阴谋，直到下个世纪。 在这部全新的历史书中，Desmond Seward重述了都铎朝代创立史。《最后白玫瑰》阐释了1485 年都铎王朝的胜利，远远还没有让江山永固，并对亨利八世为何成为暴君，痴迷于真实或是臆想的敌人，提供了新的见解。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：" …lively and readable new study…Seward, an accomplished popular historian with a strong track record in the later medieval period quite rightly wants to remind us that it was no foregone conclusion that the sixteenth century would be that of the Tudors…The Last White Rose is an entertaining and valuable exploration of a subject too often marginalized in histories of the early Tudor period."---Literary Review
"The Last White Rose is history as it should be written: without hindsight or embellishment, but with erudition and a sense of immediacy that makes it a gripping and original read."---Jessie Childs, author of Henry VIII�s Last Victim
"A vivid and compelling account of a neglected aspect of Tudor history."---Linda Porter, author of Katherine Parr
"Gripping and enthralling . . . no writer of fiction, however imaginative, could dream up more spell binding plots than what actually happened, so skilfully recounted here."---Robert Hutchinson, The Last Days of Henry VIII
"A worthwhile addition."---The Field
"This powerful and impassioned book."---The Tablet
"This is a well-written book that brings life to a complex era when war, religion and dynastic politics created a tortured web of intrigue, which any reader will appreciate."---Military Illustrated
"Seward shines a revealing light across the landscape of Tudor politics."---Helen Castor, Times Literary Supplement
"A thoroughly enjoyable addition to and Tudor library."---Leanda de Lisle, History Today
"British historian Seward’s long-awaited sequel to his critically acclaimed 1995 history of late medieval England, The Wars of the Roses and the Lives of Five Men and Women in the Fifteenth Century, is an intriguing addition to the growing body of revisionist Tudor history.... Seward delivers a scholarly yet engaging account of an era that continues to fascinate "---Publishers Weekly
"A fresh look at a well-worn field of study, appropriate for general readers. "---Kirkus
"In command of sources, Seward ably meets the unflagging popular interest in the Tudors. "---Booklist
About the Author/作者介绍： 德斯蒙德•西沃德的父亲是威廉•埃里克•路易斯•苏华德，曾作为一名一战飞行员的一位法国爱尔兰裔实业家，父亲在巴勒斯坦的这段从军经历，为儿子日后的小说《沙漠雄鹰》提供了文学素材。出生于在巴黎一个历史悠久的波尔多家族的西沃德，在北约克郡的安浦福斯和剑桥的圣凯瑟琳学院受教。西沃德曾撰写过许多关于法国中世纪的历史作品，其发表的关于军事修世会亦被业界认为是这方面的权威之作。西沃德精通法语和意大利语，拉丁语，中世纪英语和诺曼法语。他主要研究国外区域地点的相关原始文献资料，并以此撰写了许多历史有关的书籍。他发表的作品已经被译成十国语言，其中包括希伯来语和日语。
Desmond Seward was born in Paris and educated at Ampleforth and St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. He is the author of many books including The Monks of War: The Military Religious Orders, The Hundred Years War, The Wars of the Roses, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry V as Warlord, Josephus, Masada and the Fall of Judaea (da Capo, US, April 2009), Wings over the Desert: in action with an RFC pilot in Palestine 1916-18 (Haynes Military, July 2009) and Old Puglia: A Portrait of South Eastern Italy (Haus August 2009). Forthcoming is The Last White Rose: the Spectre at the Tudor Court 1485-1547 (Constable, summer 2010).’
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