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War of the Roses   /wɔr əv ðə rˈoʊzɪz/   Listen
War of the Roses

noun
1.
Struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII.  Synonym: Wars of the Roses.






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"War of the Roses" Quotes from Famous Books



... father died; and then began a fierce contest for power among the sons of Dost Mahomed, which lasted for nearly five years. In this war, which resembles in character, and in its striking vicissitudes, the English War of the Roses at the end of the 15th century, Abdur Rahman soon became distinguished for ability and daring energy. Although his father, Afzul Khan, who had none of these qualities, came to terms with the Amir Shere Ali, the son's behaviour in the northern province soon ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

... fought the war of the roses, with Lancaster victorious. The long-lashed eyes came up to meet mine bravely, love lucent in them. Our glances married; in those clear Highland lochs of hers I was sunk ...
— A Daughter of Raasay - A Tale of the '45 • William MacLeod Raine

... anxious to see me married. I do not know whether she has anything definite in view. God grant I may be wrong; but she does not deny the intention. "About an eligible parti like you," she writes, "there will be at once a war of the roses, you may be sure of that." I am tired and do not wish for any war, and least of all to end it like Henry VII. by a marriage. On the other hand,—I dare not tell my aunt, but may confess it to myself,—I do not like Polish women. I am thirty-five, ...
— Without Dogma • Henryk Sienkiewicz



Words linked to "War of the Roses" :   England, war, Bosworth Field, warfare



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