{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6846a16db5ac093b0ca993ec/6932fddfa63c6eaa596a8e95?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Wars of the Roses: The Fighting Begins (Part 1)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6846a16db5ac093b0ca993ec/1764949464251-6ee72d95-82b2-403f-bb23-bbc296a423b1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Wars of the Roses is the&nbsp;<strong>real-life Game of Thrones</strong>&nbsp;- the conflict that inspired George R. R. Martin’s world of rival houses, contested thrones, formidable queens, and sudden, shocking reversals of fortune. </p><p>But long before fantasy claimed it, this struggle was one of the&nbsp;<strong>pivotal turning points in British history</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p>In the first of a two-parter, Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams trace the origins of a conflict that splintered a dynasty and set two branches of the same royal family on a collision course. What begins with a boy-king, a warrior queen, and a realm weakened by loss soon becomes a landscape defined by&nbsp;<strong>blood feuds</strong>, personal vendettas, and battles in which neighbours and brothers met across the field as enemies.</p><p>This is England at its most combustible: a nation undone by ambition, and ultimately reshaped by the dynasties fighting for its crown.</p><p><br></p><p>Join us as we return to the moment the red rose and the white first entered the national imagination, a struggle of extraordinary brutality, brilliance, and consequence.</p><p><br></p><p>Hosts: Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams</p><p>Series Producer: Ben Devlin</p><p>Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini&nbsp;</p><p>Executive Producer: Bella Soames</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Daily Mail"}