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Cecily Neville: Mother of Kings
Amy Licence
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Description for Cecily Neville: Mother of Kings
Paperback. Discover the true story of Richard III's mother, one of her era's great survivors Num Pages: 336 pages, 47. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 248.
Known to be proud, regal and beautiful, Cecily Neville was born in the year of the great English victory at Agincourt and survived long enough to witness the arrival of the future Henry VIII, her great-grandson. Her life spanned most of the fifteenth century. Cecily’s marriage to Richard, Duke of York, was successful, even happy, and she travelled with him wherever his career dictated, bearing his children in England, Ireland and France, including the future Edward IV and Richard III. What was the substance behind her claim to be ‘queen by right’? Would she indeed have made a good ... Read more
Known to be proud, regal and beautiful, Cecily Neville was born in the year of the great English victory at Agincourt and survived long enough to witness the arrival of the future Henry VIII, her great-grandson. Her life spanned most of the fifteenth century. Cecily’s marriage to Richard, Duke of York, was successful, even happy, and she travelled with him wherever his career dictated, bearing his children in England, Ireland and France, including the future Edward IV and Richard III. What was the substance behind her claim to be ‘queen by right’? Would she indeed have made a good ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445644806
SKU
V9781445644806
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About Amy Licence
Amy Licence has been a teacher for over a decade. She has an MA in Medieval and Tudor Studies and has published several scholarly articles on the Tudor dynasty and Richard III. Her books include Cecily Neville ('This insight is so rare and so valuable’ PHILIPPA GREGORY), In Bed With the Tudors ('A fascinating book examining the sex lives of ... Read more
Reviews for Cecily Neville: Mother of Kings
‘This insight is so rare and so valuable … a considered and scholarly account of the matriarch of the House of York’
Philippa Gregory ‘A long overdue biography of one of the most dramatic medieval heroines – vivid, very readable, and wonderfully detailed.’
Sarah Gristwood, author of Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses
Philippa Gregory ‘A long overdue biography of one of the most dramatic medieval heroines – vivid, very readable, and wonderfully detailed.’
Sarah Gristwood, author of Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses