About the book: 2018 / The War of the Scarlet and White Roses - it was under this poetic name that one of the bloodiest wars in England went down in history. At the center of the feud was Margaret of Anjou, a fourteen-year-old French princess who married Henry VI. Nature endowed the girl with amazing beauty, which drove many of her contemporaries crazy, and fate prepared many tragic trials. The young ruler found herself in the very heart of a fierce struggle between two clans, York and Lancaster, the first of which chose a white rose as a symbol, and the second a red one..