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The Queen's Sisters

Sarah J. Hodder
The Queen s Sisters Book PDF

Author : Sarah J. Hodder
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789043648

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The Queen's Sisters by Sarah J. Hodder Pdf

Whether Queen or commoner, the lives of women throughout history is a fascinating study. Elizabeth Woodville, 'The White Queen', managed to make the transition from commoner to Queen and became the epitome of medieval heroines – the commoner who married a King. When she became the wife of Edward IV her actions changed the life of her entire family. Vilified both by their contemporaries and by many historians since, the Woodville family were centre stage during the reigns of Edward IV and Richard III. Elizabeth Woodville became the ancestress of future Kings and Queens. This book takes a fresh look at the lives of Elizabeth's sisters. Although information on them is scarce, by looking at the men they married, their families, the places they lived and the events that they lived through we can catch a glimpse of their lives. Each sister has their own story to tell and they may not have achieved the dizzying heights that their sister did, but they are all fascinating women.

Elizabeth Woodville

David Baldwin
Elizabeth Woodville Book PDF

Author : David Baldwin
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780752468976

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Elizabeth Woodville by David Baldwin Pdf

Elizabeth Woodville is undoubtedly a historical character whose life no novelist would ever have dared invent. She has been portrayed as an enchantress; as an unprincipled advancer of her family's fortunes and a plucky but pitiful queen in Shakespeare's histories. She has been alternatively championed and vilified by her contemporaries and five centuries of historians, dramatists and novelists, but what was she really life? In this revealing account of Elizabeth's life David Baldwin sets out to tell the story of this complex and intriguing woman. Was she the malign influence many of her critics held her to be? Was she a sorceress who bewitched Edward IV? What was the fate of her two sons, the 'Princes in the Tower'? What did she, of all people, think had become of them, and why did Richard III mount a campaign of vilification against her? David Baldwin traces Elizabeth's career and her influence on the major events of her husband Edward IV's reign, and in doing so he brings to life the personal and domestic politics of Yorkist England and the elaborate ritual of court life.

Elizabeth Widville, Lady Grey

John Ashdown-Hill
Elizabeth Widville Lady Grey Book PDF

Author : John Ashdown-Hill
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781526745026

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Elizabeth Widville, Lady Grey by John Ashdown-Hill Pdf

The author of The Mythology of the “Princes in the Tower” separates fact from fiction in this biography of an influential former queen of England. Wife to Edward IV and mother to the Princes in the Tower and later Queen Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Widville was a central figure during the War of the Roses. Much of her life is shrouded in speculation and myth—even her name, commonly spelled “Woodville,” is a hotly contested issue. In this fascinating and insightful biography, Dr. John Ashdown-Hill sheds light on the truth of her life. Born in the turbulent fifteenth century, she was famed for her beauty and controversial second marriage to Edward IV, who she married just three years after he had displaced the Lancastrian Henry VI and claimed the English throne. As Queen Consort, Elizabeth’s rise from commoner to royalty continues to capture modern imagination. Undoubtedly, it enriched the position of her family. Her elevated position and influence invoked hostility from Richard Neville, the “Kingmaker,” which later led to open discord and rebellion. Throughout her life and even after the death of her husband, Elizabeth remained politically influential: briefly proclaiming her son King Edward V of England before he was deposed by her brother-in-law, the infamous Richard III, she would later play an important role in securing the succession of Henry Tudor in 1485 and his marriage to her daughter Elizabeth of York, thus and ending the War of the Roses. An endlessly enigmatic, historical figure, Elizabeth Widville has been obscured by dramatizations and misconceptions. In Elizabeth Widville, Lady Grey, Ashdown-Hill attempts to set the record straight.

The White Queen

Philippa Gregory
The White Queen Book PDF

Author : Philippa Gregory
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476735481

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The White Queen by Philippa Gregory Pdf

A tale of the Wars of the Roses follows Elizabeth Woodville, who ascends to royalty and fights for the well-being of her family, including two sons whose imprisonment in the Tower of London precedes a devastating unsolved mystery.

Edward IV

Charles Ross
Edward IV Book PDF

Author : Charles Ross
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 639 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780520322561

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Edward IV by Charles Ross Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.

Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville

Amy Licence
Edward IV Elizabeth Woodville Book PDF

Author : Amy Licence
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445636948

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Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville by Amy Licence Pdf

When Edward of York seized the English throne in 1461, he could have chosen any bride he wanted, but it was the beautiful widow, Elizabeth Wydeville, who captured his heart. A new assessment of the tumultuous life of the real White Queen and her husband

Elizabeth Woodville - A Life

David MacGibbon
Elizabeth Woodville A Life Book PDF

Author : David MacGibbon
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445612980

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Elizabeth Woodville - A Life by David MacGibbon Pdf

The real story of the 'White Queen'

The York Princesses

Sarah J. Hodder
The York Princesses Book PDF

Author : Sarah J. Hodder
Publisher : Chronos Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1789045576

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The York Princesses by Sarah J. Hodder Pdf

Sisters of the infamous 'Princes in the Tower', the daughters of Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV survived the reign of Richard III and even thrived into the Tudor Age. This is their story.

The Private Life of Edward IV

John Ashdown-Hill
The Private Life of Edward IV Book PDF

Author : John Ashdown-Hill
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445652467

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The Private Life of Edward IV by John Ashdown-Hill Pdf

Edward's secret mistresses, clandestine affairs and the nature of his marriage are revealed in this exciting new work by John Ashdown-Hill, author of The Mythology of Richard III

The Woodvilles

Susan Higginbotham
The Woodvilles Book PDF

Author : Susan Higginbotham
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780750951845

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The Woodvilles by Susan Higginbotham Pdf

In 1464, the most eligible bachelor in England, Edward IV, stunned the nation by revealing his secret marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, a beautiful, impoverished widow whose father and brother Edward himself had once ridiculed as upstarts. Edward’s controversial match brought his queen’s large family to court and into the thick of the Wars of the Roses. This is the story of the family whose fates would be inextricably intertwined with the fall of the Plantagenets and the rise of the Tudors: Richard, the squire whose marriage to a duchess would one day cost him his head; Jacquetta, mother to the queen and accused witch; Elizabeth, the commoner whose royal destiny would cost her three of her sons; Anthony, the scholar and jouster who was one of Richard III’s first victims; and Edward, whose military exploits would win him the admiration of Ferdinand and Isabella.

Royal Witches

Gemma Hollman
Royal Witches Book PDF

Author : Gemma Hollman
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780750993500

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Royal Witches by Gemma Hollman Pdf

'An important and timely book.' - Philippa Gregory Joan of Navarre was the richest woman in the land, at a time when war-torn England was penniless. Eleanor Cobham was the wife of a weak king's uncle – and her husband was about to fall from grace. Jacquetta Woodville was a personal enemy of Warwick the Kingmaker, who was about to take his revenge. Elizabeth Woodville was the widowed mother of a child king, fighting Richard III for her children's lives. In Royal Witches, Gemma Hollman explores the lives of these four unique women, looking at how rumours of witchcraft brought them to their knees in a time when superstition and suspicion was rife.

The Lost Prince: Classic Histories Series

David Baldwin
The Lost Prince Classic Histories Series Book PDF

Author : David Baldwin
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752479927

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The Lost Prince: Classic Histories Series by David Baldwin Pdf

Did Richard, Duke of York, the younger of the Princes on the Tower, survive his imprisonment? In this revealing new book medieval historian David Baldwin presents an original and intriguing scenario. On 27 December 1550 an old man named Richard Plantagenet was buried at Eastwell in Kent. He had spent much of his life working as a bricklayer at St John's Abbey, Colchester, but, unusually for a bricklayer, he could read Latin. Reluctant to give any account of his background, he eventually told his employer that he was a natural son of Richard III. Yet, if this was true, why was he not publicly acknowledged by the king? Richard III made provision for his other bastards, John of Gloucester and Katherine. The fact that he was called Richard Plantagenet is also revealing. Had he simply been Richard III's bastard, he would have been styled 'of Gloucester' or given the name of his birthplace. And, most tellingly of all, where is the evidence that Prince Richard actually died? David Baldwin opens up an entirely new line of investigation and offers a startling solution to one of the most enduring mysteries in English history and a final exoneration for Richard III.

The York Princesses

Sarah J. Hodder
The York Princesses Book PDF

Author : Sarah J. Hodder
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789045581

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The York Princesses by Sarah J. Hodder Pdf

As a collective, the lives of the Princesses of York span across seven decades and the rule of five different Kings. The daughters of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, they were born into an England that had been ruled over by the great Plantagenet Kings for almost three hundred years. Their young years were blighted by tragedy: the death of their beloved father, followed by the disappearance and possible murder of their two brothers, Edward and Richard of York, forever now known to history as the infamous Princes in the Tower. With their own futures uncertain during the reign of their uncle, Richard III, and their mother held under house arrest, the Princesses had to navigate their way through the tumultuous years of the 1480s before having to adjust to a new King and a new dynasty in the shape of Henry VII, who would bring about the age of the Tudors. Through her marriage to Henry, Elizabeth of York rebuilt her life, establishing herself as a popular, if not hugely influential Queen. But she did not forget her younger siblings, and even before her own mother’s death, she acted as a surrogate mother to the younger York princesses, supporting them both financially and emotionally. The stories of the York Princesses are entwined into the fabric of the history of England, as they grew up, survived and even thrived in the new Tudor age. Their lives are played out against a backdrop of coronations and jousts, births and deaths, marriages and divorces and loyalties and broken allegiances. From the usurpation of Richard III, to the Battle of Bosworth, the brilliance of the court of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII, to the rise of Anne Boleyn, the York Princesses were there to witness events unfold. They were the daughters, sisters and aunts of Kings, and this is their story. The York Princesses is a natural follow-up to Sarah J. Hodder's first book, The Queen's Sisters, which told the stories of the lives of the sisters of Elizabeth Woodville.

The Women of the Cousins' War

Philippa Gregory,David Baldwin,Michael Jones
The Women of the Cousins War Book PDF

Author : Philippa Gregory,David Baldwin,Michael Jones
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451629552

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The Women of the Cousins' War by Philippa Gregory,David Baldwin,Michael Jones Pdf

Draws on original documents, archaeology, and other sources to share the stories of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford; Elizabeth Woodville, the wife of Edward IV; and Margaret Beaufort, the founder of the Tudor dynasty.

The Secret Queen

John Ashdown-Hill
The Secret Queen Book PDF

Author : John Ashdown-Hill
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752468952

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The Secret Queen by John Ashdown-Hill Pdf

When Edward IV died in 1483, the Yorkist succession was called into question by doubts about the legitimacy of his son, Edward (one of the 'Princes in the Tower'). The crown therefore passed to Edward's undoubtedly legitimate younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. But Richard, too, found himself entangled in the web of uncertainly, since those who believed in the legitimacy of Edward IV's children viewed Richard III's own accession as a usurpation. From the day when Edward IV married Eleanor, or pretended to do so, or allowed it to be whispered that he might have done so, the House of York, previously so secure in its bloodline, confronted a contentious and uncertain future. John Ashdown-Hill argues that Eleanor Talbot was married to Edward IV, and that therefore Edward's subsequent marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was bigamous, making her children illegitimate. He thereby offers a solution to one of history's great mysteries.