🎧 The Rise and Fall of the House of York During the Wars of the Roses with Thomas Penn
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Thomas Penn, author of the Winter King, has released a new comprehensive history of the Wars of the Roses, making the striking claim that we shouldn't view the Wars of the Roses as a conflict between two rival houses, but instead as a civil war inside the House of York. Producer: Peter Curry
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