The Rose in Splendour: a Story of the Wars of Lancaster and York is an historical novel

Historical novel

According to Encyclopædia Britannica, a historical novel is-Development:An early example of historical prose fiction is Luó Guànzhōng's 14th century Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which covers one of the most important periods of Chinese history and left a lasting impact on Chinese culture.The...

 by Leslie Barringer

Leslie Barringer

Leslie Barringer was an English editor and author of historical novels and historical fantasy novels, best known for the latter.-Life:...

. It was first published by Phoenix House in 1953.

Plot

The novel is set in England over a period of eighteen months in the years 1460-61. It tells the tale of a young boy's early life, leaving his family’s farm first to an apprenticeship in York and later getting caught up in the bloody and decisive victory for the Yorkists at the Battle of Towton (29 March (Palm Sunday) 1461).