On the Leads: Or What the Planets Saw (1880)

In the Order of the Green Rose, George F. Vohs has combined his interest in history and journalism into a dynamic account of the inherent conflict between church and state for power and prestige. The church in Rome launched a determined attack to maintain its influence in the Western world at a time when it seemingly was under attack from all sides. After Pope Gregory VII created the Order of the Green Rose, its tentacles spread throughout the world with the purpose of stabilizing political regimes in order to preserve the churchas power. This is a fictional but historically based story of such activities in feudal England during the five years preceding what is now known as the Wars of the Roses between two factionsathe Yorkists and the Lancastriansaseeking the English crown.