British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley - Season 1 Episode 1 The Wars of the Roses
According to the history books, after 30 years of bloody battles between the white-rosed Yorkists and the red-rosed Lancastrians, Henry Tudor rid us of civil war and the evil king Richard III. But Lucy reveals how the Tudors invented the story of the 'Wars of the Roses' after they came to power to justify their rule. She shows how Henry and his historians fabricated the scale of the conflict, forged Richard's monstrous persona and even conjured up the image of competing roses. When our greatest storyteller William Shakespeare got in on the act and added his own spin, Tudor fiction was cemented as historical fact. Taking the story right up to date, with the discovery of Richard III's bones in a Leicester car park, Lucy discovers how 15th-century fibs remain as compelling as they were over 500 years ago. As one colleague tells Lucy: 'Never believe an historian!
Year: 2017
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: BBC Four
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Cast: Lucy Worsley
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First Air Date: Jan 26, 2017
Last Air date: Feb 09, 2017
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 3 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 5.50/10 by 4.00 users
Popularity: 1.7676
Language: English
Keyword : british history
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