the year in books [I]

2020's 'The Year in Books' begins with Conn Iggulden's four-part Wars of the Roses series. This is the first I've read Iggulden, and I was impressed. Though the first book was rather slow, you can thank history for that. I've just never been that interested in Jack Cade's Rebellion (which the first book covers), but the three others books follow the tides of fortune with the houses of York and Lancaster during the late 15th century 'Wars of the Roses.' The last book cinches this period of history with the rise of Henry Tudor and the House of Tudor. These were good reads, and I plan on reading more of Iggulden's works. Rumor has it he has a great series on the Mongols and another on Julius Caesar (though he took some 'historical liberties' with the latter series, much to the chagrin of numerous readers on Goodreads).