The Woodvilles: The Wars of the Roses and England's Most Infamous Family
Oct 2013 · The History Press
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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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Minerva Casterly
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June 5, 2014
I loved it! Susan Higginbotham brings justice to the Woodvilles by deconstructing all the myths surrounding this family and exposing them for hard working, pious, ultra religious, learned men and women they were. They helped Edward IV in some of his direst momebts, in spite of criticism towards his marriage to Elizabeth, they proved themselves in the battlefield and government. Anthony and Edward loyal warriors who wanted to go on a crusade, one of them did, and much more.
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Susan Higginbotham is a novelist with a particular interest in medieval and Tudor history. Her novels include Her Highness, the Traitor; The Stolen Crown; The Traitor's Wife; and The Queen of Last Hopes.
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