The Woodvilles
eBook - ePub

The Woodvilles

The Wars of the Roses and England's Most Infamous Family

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Woodvilles

The Wars of the Roses and England's Most Infamous Family

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. 1. The Duchess and the Knight
  6. 2. The King and the Widow
  7. 3. The Black Legend of the Woodvilles
  8. 4. Murder at Coventry
  9. 5. Witchcraft and Sorcery
  10. 6. Exile and Sanctuary
  11. 7. A Woodville Abroad
  12. 8. Pomp and Printing
  13. 9. The Downfall of a Duke
  14. 10. Before the Storm
  15. 11. Welcome Fortune!
  16. 12. Under the Hog
  17. 13. Won and Lost Causes
  18. 14. The Last of the Blood
  19. Appendix: The Wills of the Woodvilles
  20. Bibliography
  21. Notes
  22. Plate Section
  23. Copyright