
4 episodes, 2 DVDs, SDH.Īfter the death of the Duke of Suffolk in 1450, various factions compete for control over the feeble-minded King Henry VI. The Wars of the Roses (14551487), known at the time and for more than a century after as the Civil Wars, were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne in the mid-to-late fifteenth century. Based on Jones's New York Times bestseller The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors, complete with colorful re-creations, this exciting docudrama is a panoramic sweep through 100 bloody years of power struggles, passion, conflict, and betrayal - a real Game of Thrones, when the English crown changed hands many times. One of the most famous events of the Wars of the Roses was the killing of 12-year-old King Edward V and his brother, Richard: the so-called Princes in the Tower. end of the Wars of the Roses and the beginning of a time of smooth-faced peace. : Britains Bloody Crown : Dan Jones, Steffan Boje, James Oliver Wheatley, Darren Bransford, Tom Durant Pritchard, Nick Green, DRG: Prime Video. Explore a key period in England's history with hip young historian Dan Jones ( Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty). Richmond kills Richard and is given the crown that he will wear as King.
