De la Pole, Father and Son

De la Pole, Father and Son
Author: Michèle Schindler
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 491
Release: 2022-12-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1398106194

A fresh take on the Wars of the Roses and the establishment of the Tudor Dynasty through the actions of two of the most powerful figures of the age - father and son.

What is Better than a Good Woman?

What is Better than a Good Woman?
Author: Michèle Schindler
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2024-07-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1398109703

Granddaughter of Jeoffrey and grandmother to three Yorkist claimants to the throne, Alice Chaucer is one of the most important female figures of the 15th century. It is remarkable that there has not been a biography of her to-date.

B.H. Blackwell

B.H. Blackwell
Author: B.H. Blackwell Ltd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1388
Release: 1928
Genre: Antiquarian booksellers
ISBN:

Sisters of Richard III

Sisters of Richard III
Author: Sarah J Hodder
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2024-05-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 139906388X

This book is the narrative of three women of York, sisters to not one, but two kings of England. Anne, Elizabeth and Margaret Plantagenet were the daughters of Richard, Duke of York and his wife, Cecily Neville, and therefore sisters to Edward IV and Richard III. These women watched from the sidelines as their father challenged England’s anointed king and lost his life, as their brothers fought together for the throne of England and then amongst themselves and as the Plantagenet dynasty fell, making way for the reign of the Tudors. But they were not just bystanders; they had their own stories to tell. Anne of York was married to the Lancastrian Duke of Exeter who sided against her father and brother, before finding later happiness, albeit briefly, with her second husband. Elizabeth of York married John de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk and became the mother of eleven children who would become thorns in the side of the Tudor kings and Margaret of York became Duchess of Burgundy, a hugely influential woman in her adopted kingdom although she never stopped supporting her family back in England. Between them, they witnessed and contributed to one of the most turbulent times in English history yet they have naturally been overshadowed by their more famous brothers. This is their story.