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.

Hospitality and Treachery in Western Literature

Hospitality and Treachery in Western Literature
Author: James A. W. Heffernan
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2014-05-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0300206844

In works of Western literature ranging from Homer’s Odyssey to Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? the giving and taking of hospitality is sometimes pleasurable, but more often perilous. Heffernan traces this leitmotiv through the history of our greatest writings, including Christ’s Last Supper, Macbeth’s murder of his royal guest, and Camus’s short story on French colonialism in Arab Algeria. By means of such examples and many more, this book considers what literary hosts, hostesses, and guests do to as well as for each other. In doing so, it shows how often treachery rends the fabric of trust that hospitality weaves.

The World's Lure

The World's Lure
Author: Alexander Freiherr von Gleichen-Russwurm
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1927
Genre: Favorites, Royal
ISBN:

The Nabob

The Nabob
Author: Alphonse Daudet
Publisher:
Total Pages: 472
Release: 1877
Genre:
ISBN: