Desmond Seward
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 Hundred Years War, The Wars of the Roses, and The Last White Rose.
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Naples
Many Italian cities look back with pride to the days when they were independent republics: Naples, on the contrary, remembers its days as a royal…
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The Last White Rose
A brilliant new interpretation of one of the most dramatic periods of British history. The Wars of the Roses didn't end at the Battle of…
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A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses
During the fifteenth century England was split in a bloody conflict between the Houses of York and Lancaster over who should claim the crown. The…
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A Brief History of the Hundred Years War
For over a hundred years England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. France was a…
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Napoleon and Hitler
A study of the lives of two of history's greatest dictators, Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler, which examines the parallels between their roles and shows…