The war about The War of the Roses

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Potioncat:
Carol is going to be sooooooo upset that she missed this! I hope her 
computer is fixed soon.

I'd jump in...in support of her, even though I tend to be Lancaterian 
while she is steadfast Yorkist. But more importantly, everything I 
know about roses, red or white, I learned from historical fiction, 
and  have long since forgot.

 
> a_svirn:
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. March then sweettalked 
> his men into believing that it is actually a good omen, and was 
proved 
> right – the Lancastrian host lost spectacularly. Ever since then he 
> used "sun in splendor" as his emblem as well as the white rose and 
> sometimes combined them in the rose en soleil. 

Potioncat:
And at this point Carol would encourage everyone to read "The Sun in 
Splendor" (although the spelling might be different) about this point 
in history. I will encourage you too. Except I have to admit becoming 
quite fond of the characters and realizing about 1/3 of the way into 
the book how it was all going to turn out for them, and so had to 
stop reading.