War Of The Roses Bloodlines, Iggulden - B+

               After defeating York at Sandal in 1460, Queen Margaret headed south to London where Henry VI was imprisoned. A York army blocked the road. They were outflanked when the queen's forces attacked from behind, carried the day, and recaptured the king. Their success was not rewarded when they were refused entrance to the city of London, and were forced to march away to safer surroundings. When the forces of York came to London, they were admitted and hailed. Edward, Duke of York, decided it was a propitious time, and had himself crowned Edward IV. Two weeks later, he marched north to pursue the forces of the queen. At Towton, the bloodiest battle ever on English soil took place. It was fought on Palm Sunday in a raging snowstorm and the Yorkists sent the Lancasters fleeing. Margaret, the nine year old Prince of Wales, and the enfeebled Henry fled to Scotland. Margaret and her son sailed for France, and left Henry in the care of one of his lords. 

                In 1464, Henry VI stumbled into the hands of a York loyalist, and was returned to the Tower. Edward IV, a young and inexperienced monarch, began to mistreat his most loyal servant and chancellor, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, whose own father had died in battle with Edward's. So offended was Warwick that he conspired with the king's opponents, and captured Edward IV. Now, both crowned kings of England were imprisoned, but there was a difference: the people demanded Edward's freedom and could have cared less about Henry. Warwick eventually concluded he needed to free Edward, and he and his family fled to Paris. As a guest of the French king, he was obliged to meet with two guests, Queen Margaret and her son, the Prince of Wales. Another fine book that leaves me looking forward to the fourth in the series, and the climax of the War of the Roses.