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Red Roses: Blanche of Gaunt to Margaret Beaufort
Amy Licence
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Description for Red Roses: Blanche of Gaunt to Margaret Beaufort
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 129. .
The Wars of the Roses were not just fought by men on the battlefield. Behind the scenes, there were daughters, wives, mistresses, mothers and queens whose lives and influences helped shape the most dramatic of English conflicts. This book traces the story of women on the Lancastrian side, from the children borne by Blanche, wife of John of Gaunt, through the turbulent fifteenth century to the advent of Margaret Beaufort's son in 1485 and the establishment of the Tudor dynasty. From the secret liaisons of Katherine Swynford and Catherine of Valois to the love lives of Mary ... Read more
The Wars of the Roses were not just fought by men on the battlefield. Behind the scenes, there were daughters, wives, mistresses, mothers and queens whose lives and influences helped shape the most dramatic of English conflicts. This book traces the story of women on the Lancastrian side, from the children borne by Blanche, wife of John of Gaunt, through the turbulent fifteenth century to the advent of Margaret Beaufort's son in 1485 and the establishment of the Tudor dynasty. From the secret liaisons of Katherine Swynford and Catherine of Valois to the love lives of Mary ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750970501
SKU
V9780750970501
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Ref
99-50
About Amy Licence
Amy Licence is a historian and an award-winning author of seven books. She has written for the Guardian, TLS, Huffington Post, and BBC History. She also appeared in Philippa Gregory's BBC2 documentary, The Real Women of the Wars of the Roses, in 2013.
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