A Secret Alchemy by Emma Darwin Two murdered princes; a powerful queen betrayed; a nobleman riding towards his certain death… The story of the Princes in the Tower has been one of the most fascinating – and most brutal – murder mysteries in history for more than five hundred years. In a brilliant feat of historical daring, Emma Darwin has recreated the terrible, exhilarating world of the two youngest victims of the War of the Roses: the power struggles and passion that lay behind their birth, the danger into which they fell, the profoundly moving days before their imprisonment, and… Read more »
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The Queen of Last Hopes by Susan Higginbotham
The Queen of Last Hopes: The Story of Margaret of Anjou by Susan Higginbotham It would be called the Wars of the Roses, but it all began with one woman’s fury… Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England, cannot give up on her husband-even when he goes insane. And as mother to the House of Lancaster’s last hope, she cannot give up on her son-even when all England turns against him. This gripping tale of a queen is at its heart a tender tale of love: passionate, for her husband, and motherly, for her only son. (Goodreads) Margaret of Anjou is… Read more »
The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory Heiress to the red rose of Lancaster, Margaret Beaufort never surrenders her belief that her house is the true ruler of England and that she has a great destiny before her. Her ambitions are disappointed when her sainted cousin Henry VI fails to recognize her as a kindred spirit, and she is even more dismayed when he sinks into madness. Her mother mocks her plans, revealing that Margaret will always be burdened with the reputation of her father, one of the most famously incompetent English commanders in France. But worst of all for Margaret… Read more »
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory 1464. Cousin is at war with cousin, as the houses of York and Lancaster tear themselves apart… …And Elizabeth Woodville, a young Lancastrian widow, armed only with her beauty and her steely determination, seduces and marries the charismatic warrior king, Edward IV of York. Crowned Queen of England, surrounded by conflict, betrayal and murder, Elizabeth rises to the demands of her position, fighting tenaciously for her family’s survival. Most of all she must fight for her two sons, who become the central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the Princes… Read more »
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