Name: Britain's Bloody Crown
Released: 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Dan Jones

Émission télé · Documentaire · Histoire

Presented by acclaimed historian Dan Jones (Britain’s Bloodiest Dynasty), this four-part documentary reveals the true history of the Wars of the Roses like never before. Scripted reenactments combine with Jones’s unique storytelling to bring to life a tale of human frailties, rivalries, and sheer luck that changed Britain forever.

2015 · 45m

En vedette Dan Jones

Réalisateur Nick Green

ÉPISODE 1

The Mad King

The Wars of the Roses started with a bloodthirsty battle that broke out between two great Royal families. But when these events started, no one knew they were in for thirty years of civil war.
ÉPISODE 2

The Kingmaker Must Die

Henry VI was replaced on the throne by the young Edward IV, but the real story is of the man who masterminded Edward's victory - England's most powerful Baron: Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.
ÉPISODE 3

The Princes Must Die

Dan Jones discovers that, at the time of Edward IV's death, his younger brother Richard was an English hero, a great military leader who had shown unswerving loyalty to the crown.
ÉPISODE 4

A Mother's Love

The Wars of the Roses ended in August 1485 when Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at the battle of Bosworth, but Henry VII would never have become king and founded the Tudor dynasty without his mother, Margaret Beaufort.