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Apr 20, 2000 · The Red Queen is a rather sedate telling of Margaret's story, reminiscent of Jean Plaidy's The Red Rose of Anjou. It's a sympathetic look at Margaret, though it doesn't gloss over her faults either. The writing is solid, as is the research. This novel could stand to be longer. In less than 300 pages, The Red Queen covers 40 years, and the ...
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- Ruth S Perot
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Apr 6, 2000 · AuthorHouse, Apr 6, 2000 - Fiction - 296 pages. This novel, The Red Queen, covers England's War of the Roses, 1444-1475. Fascinating characters abound in that period. There are, in addition to Margaret, who was married at age 14: Henry VI, her husband, who was 'fitter for a cowl than a crown.'. Cardinal Beaufort, who pushed the marriage.
- Ruth S. Perot
- AuthorHouse, 2000
- 1587212331, 9781587212338
- Chapter I.
- Chapter II.
- Chapter III.
- Chapter IV.
- Chapter v.
- Chapter VI.
- Chapter VII.
- Chapter VIII.
The Houses of York and Lancaster. Margaret of Anjou was a heroine; not a heroine of romance and fiction,but of stern and terrible reality. Her life was a series of militaryexploits, attended with dangers, privations, sufferings, and wonderfulvicissitudes of fortune, scarcely to be paralleled in the wholehistory of mankind. She was born and lived in...
Manners and Customs of The Time. In the days when Margaret of Anjou lived, the kings, princes, nobles,and knights who flourished in the realms of England and France, thoughthey were, relatively to the mass of the people, far more wealthy,proud, and powerful than their successors are at the present day,still lived in many respects in a very rude and...
King Henry VI. King Henry the Sixth, who subsequently became the husband of Margaretof Anjou, was only about nine months old, as has already been said,when he succeeded to the throne by the death of his father. He wasproclaimed by the heralds to the sound of trumpets and drums, in allparts of London, while he was yet an infant in his nurse's arms. ...
Margaret's Father and Mother. In former times, the territory which now constitutes France wasdivided into a great number of separate provinces, each of whichformed almost a distinct state or kingdom. These several provinceswere the possessions of lords, dukes, and barons, who ruled over them,respectively, like so many petty kings, with almost absol...
Royal Courtship. When Margaret was not more than fourteen or fifteen years of age, shebegan to be very celebrated for her beauty and accomplishments, andfor the charming vivacity of her conversation and her demeanor. Sheresided with her mother in different families in Lorraine and in otherparts of France, and was sometimes at the court of the Queen...
The Wedding. Preparations were now immediately made for solemnizing the marriageand bringing the young queen at once to England. The marriage ceremonyby which a foreign princess was united to a reigning prince, accordingto the custom of those times, was twofold, or, rather, there were twodistinct ceremonies to be performed, in one of which the brid...
Reception in England. Notwithstanding the grand reception which the Duke of Gloucester gaveto Margaret on her arrival in England, she knew very well that he hadalways been opposed to her marriage, and had not failed to do all inhis power to prevent it. She accordingly considered him as her enemy;and though she endeavored at first, at least, to trea...
The Story of Lady Neville. In reading the history of the English monarchy in these early times,you will often hear of the court intrigues which mingled with, andsometimes greatly complicated, the movement of public affairs.Margaret of Anjou found herself, on her arrival in England, involvedin many such intrigues. Indeed, she was admirably qualified...
Apr 20, 2000 · For such a small book, it took forever to read. On the plus side, the author (or historian) provides what I thought was a balanced portrayal of both the Yorkists and Lancastrians. Neither was portrayed as wholly good or evil, as they are in most retellings (both fiction and non) of the Wars of the Roses.
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Perot captures the very essence of the political turmoil of the Wars of the Roses in the characters of Margaret, her friends and her foes, of whom there were increasingly many. The ineluctability of fortune’s wheel is a paradigm of the day and Margaret and Henry, once at the top of that wheel, are crushed by its downward turn.
May 1, 2008 · Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers. ... Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482 Category: Text:
