Author: John Allen GilesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The Chronicles of the White Rose of York
Author: John Allen GilesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The Chronicles of the White Rose of York. A Series of Historical Fragments ... Relating to the Reign of King Edward the Fourth. With Notes and Illustrations, Etc
Author: House of YorkThe chronicles of the White Rose of York
Author: The Chronicles of the White Rose of York
Author: John Allen GilesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The chronicles of the white rose of York, a ser. of hist. fragments and other contemporary documents relating to the reign of Edward the fourth
Author: House of YorkThe Chronicles of the White Rose of York
Author: John Allen GilesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Cecily Duchess of York
Author: J. L. LaynesmithPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474272266
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This is the first scholarly biography of Cecily Neville, duchess of York, the mother of Edward IV and Richard III. She was said to have ruled Edward IV 'as she pleased' and Richard III made his bid for the throne from her home. Yet Cecily has been a shadowy figure in modern histories, noted primarily for her ostentatious piety, her expensive dresses, and the rumours of her adultery. Here J. L. Laynesmith draws on a wealth of rarely considered sources to construct a fresh and revealing portrait of a remarkable woman. Cecily was the only major protagonist to live right through the Wars of the Roses. This book sheds new light on that bloody conflict in which Cecily proved herself an exceptional political survivor. Skilfully manipulating her family connections and contemporary ideas about womanhood, Cecily repeatedly reinvented herself to protect her own status and to ensure the security of those in her care. From her childhood marriage to Richard duke of York until her final decade as grandmother of the first Tudor queen, the story of Cecily Neville's life provides a rich insight into national and local politics, women's power and relationships, motherhood, household dynamics and the role of religion in fifteenth-century England.
Tudor Roses
Author: Amy LicencePublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445656841
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
The first ever comprehensive history of the queens, princesses and ladies of the Tudor family. Always more than mere foils of men, these Tudor women are fascinating in their own right.
Battle Royal
Author: Hugh BichenoPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681773716
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
England, 1454: King Henry VI, having struggled for a decade to contain the violent feuding of his dukes, is losing his mind. Disgruntled nobles support the regal claims of Richard, Duke of York, great-grandson of Edward III. The stage is set for civil war.The first volume of an enthralling two-part history of the dynastic wars fought between the houses of Lancaster and York, Battle Royal traces the conflict from its roots in the 1440s to the early 1460s—a period marked by the rise and fall of Richard of York, the deposition of Henry VI following the Lancastrian defeat at Towton, and the subsequent seizure of his throne by Richard's son Edward.Charting a clear course through the dynastic complexities of fifteenth-century power politics, and offering crisply authoritative analysis of the key battles of the Wars of the Roses, Battle Royal is a dynamic and rigorously researched account of England's longest and bloodiest civil war.
Uncrowned
Author: Ashley MantlePublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445696487
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
The fascinating hidden history of the British royal family's nearly men - those who had been destined for the throne, but never made it. Mantle explores the story behind these would-be-kings, showing how the question of succession has not always been a straightforward one.