"First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, a division of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd, London, under the title Fatal colours: the Battle of Towton, 1461"--T.p. verso.

Introduction / by David Starkey -- Dramatis personae : -- England, 1422-1450 -- England, spring 1460 -- Prologue -- A step too far -- A great man's legacy : minority -- An absence of kingship : majority -- An absent-minded king -- A question of honour -- A queen transformed -- 'A Warwick' -- The sun in splendour -- A country at war : north vs south -- Towton; Palm Sunday 1461 -- In memoriam -- Dramatis personae : after Towton -- Wound man -- Family trees.