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George Goodwin.
Fatal Colours: The Battle of Towton, 1461.

Published London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 3rd impression (previously issued 2011).
ISBN 9780297860716.
Binding: hardback, perfect bound.
Printer: CPI Mackays, Chatham.
Size: 159x239x25mm.
Page count: text xxix,258pp; plates 16pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: inscribed by the author on the title page; this copy has some mild scuffs and marks on the dustjacket, its edges and corners somewhat worn; some mild ruffles on a few of the page corners, otherwise the book itself looks in good order, text appears to be free of marking.


This item £20.00
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within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price for paperback £9.99]
Weight without packaging: 570g.

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Contents: A step too far; A great man’s legacy — minority; Absence of kingship — majority; Absent-minded king; Question of honour; A queen transformed; 'A Warwick'; The sun in splendour; A country at war — north vs south; Towton — Palm Sunday 1461.
Appendices: Dramatis personae; The 'wound man'; Places to visit & related organisations.

Illustrations: 1 monochrome text figures & 16 pages of plates, mostly in colour
Maps & plans: 4

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: 2
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 7pp
Index: yes

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