J.G. Edgar's comprehensive history looks at the seminal War of the Roses, one of the most famous conflicts in British history. From the preface: "My object in writing this book for boys is to furnish them with a narrative of the struggle between York and Lancaster-a struggle which extended over thirty years, deluged England with blood, cost a hundred thousand lives, emasculated the old nobility, and utterly destroyed the house of Plantagenet. It is generally admitted that no period in England's history is richer in romantic incident than the three decades occupied by the Wars of the Roses;...