Customer Reviews
The Bloodiest Battle on English Soil - By: J. Chippindale, 20 May 2008 
I live not much more than a stone throw away from the battlefield of Towton & I don't know whether it is this fact or something else that has always drawn me to this particular battle above all othersin the campaign called the War of the Roses. The area of the battlefield is relatively large & today there is a cross set as a memorial to the battle & those who diedin it at the side of the road that runs across the battlefield.
The Battle of Towton has been given the title of the Bloodiest Battle ever fought on English soil & there is no reason to doubt this. It was foughtin atrocious conditions,in factin the middle of a snow storm on Palm Sunday. When the Yorkists finally routed the Ancestries a wave of slaughter spread over many miles. The beaten Lancastrians were followed back towards Tadcaster & York & many of them diedin the `Cock beck' that bordered the battlefield.
The book has plenty of photographs & diagrams to show how the opposing armies lined up their troops & it gives a detailed account of the battle & the following route as the Lancastrians were chased from the field. The fighting was brutal & after the archers had done their bit, mainly hand to hand. There have been many skeletons unearthed from the many mass graves that littered the battlefield & some of the skulls have a square holein them, a shape that suggests they had been pole axed. For anyone interestedin battlesin general & the battle of Towtonin particular, it is a must read.
a good, clear guide for the non expert - By: , 07 Feb 2005 
If you are looking for a good, concise guise to conflicts that are notoriously tricky, then loook no further. There are a lot of photos of the modern battles sites & drawings as to how they have looked at the time. The subject no longer seems so dry & has rlevance to today. Heartily recommended
