And back and forth, and a bit wiggly all around for a while. The Lancasters Always Pay Their Debtsįirst, you need to understand that the (over-simplistic and somewhat misleading) gist of real-life The Wars of the Roses is that it’s a tale of two families battling for the English throne.įirst, the Lancasters ruled. So here is where I tear into the major characters like I am Henry VIII clawing apart a whole roasted chicken (I know, I know, the Tudors come later, but seriously, that man could really eat!). Now, while the books/TV show that you and I know by heart is no allegory for the multi-decade conflict, there are a whole lot of parallels we can draw. But apparently I’m not alone in my fascination, because author George RR Martin has made no secret that his A Song of Ice and Fire series (aka Game of Thrones) is based loosely on The Wars of the Roses. I look at it like a really, really old season of Scandal, just with much worse hygiene. I’ve been a bit obsessed by the The Wars of the Roses lately.
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