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Blood sisters : the women behind the Wars of the Roses, Sarah Gristwood
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- Summary
- To contemporaries, the Wars of the Roses were known collectively as a “cousins<U+2019> war.” The series of dynastic conflicts that tore apart the ruling Plantagenet family in fifteenth-century England was truly a domestic drama, as fraught and intimate as any family feud before or since. As acclaimed historian Sarah Gristwood reveals in Blood Sisters, while the events of this turbulent time are usually described in terms of the male leads who fought and died seeking the throne, a handful of powerful women would prove just as decisive as their kinfolks<U+2019> clashing armies. These mothers, wives, and daughters were locked in a web of loyalty and betrayal that would ultimately change the course of English history. In a captivating, multigenerational narrative, Gristwood traces the rise and rule of the seven most critical women in the wars: from Marguerite of Anjou, wife of the Lancastrian Henry VI, who steered the kingdom in her insane husband<U+2019>s stead; to Cecily Neville, matriarch of the rival Yorkist clan, whose son Edward IV murdered his own brother to maintain power; to Margaret Beaufort, who gave up her own claim to the throne in favor of her son, a man who would become the first of a new line of Tudor kings. A richly drawn, absorbing epic, Blood Sisters is a tale of hopeful births alongside bloody deaths, of romance as well as brutal pragmatism. It is a story of how women, and the power that women could wield, helped to end the Wars of the Roses, paving the way for the Tudor age<U+2014>and the creation of modern England
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxv, 390 pages, 16 unnumbered pages
- Contents
-
- 1445-1460, Lancaster. Fatal marriage ; "The red rose and the white" ; "A woman's fear" ; "No women's matters" ; "Captain Margaret" ; "Mightiness meets misery"
- 1460-1471. "To love a king" ; "Fortune's pageant" ; "Domestic broils" ; "That was a queen"
- 1471-1483. "My lovely queen" ; "Fortune's womb" ; Mother of griefs ; "A golden sorrow"
- 1483-1485. "Weeping queens" ; "Innocent blood" ; "Look to your wife" ; "Anne my wife" ; "In Bosworth Field"
- 1485-1509. "True succeeders" ; "Golden sovereignty" ; "The edge of traitors" ; "Civil wounds" ; Like a queen inter me ; "Our noble mother."
- Isbn
- 9780465018314
- Label
- Blood sisters : the women behind the Wars of the Roses
- Title
- Blood sisters
- Title remainder
- the women behind the Wars of the Roses
- Statement of responsibility
- Sarah Gristwood
- Subject
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- Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492
- Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- Henry VII, 1485-1509
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485
- trueInheritance and succession
- trueInheritance and succession -- England | History
- Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482
- Margaret, of York, Duchess, consort of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 1446-1503
- Plantagenet, House of
- trueRulers
- trueWars of the Roses, 1455-1485
- York, Cecily, Duchess of, 1415-1495
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485
- Anne, Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England, 1456-1485
- Beaufort, Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, 1443-1509
- trueCivil war
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- To contemporaries, the Wars of the Roses were known collectively as a “cousins<U+2019> war.” The series of dynastic conflicts that tore apart the ruling Plantagenet family in fifteenth-century England was truly a domestic drama, as fraught and intimate as any family feud before or since. As acclaimed historian Sarah Gristwood reveals in Blood Sisters, while the events of this turbulent time are usually described in terms of the male leads who fought and died seeking the throne, a handful of powerful women would prove just as decisive as their kinfolks<U+2019> clashing armies. These mothers, wives, and daughters were locked in a web of loyalty and betrayal that would ultimately change the course of English history. In a captivating, multigenerational narrative, Gristwood traces the rise and rule of the seven most critical women in the wars: from Marguerite of Anjou, wife of the Lancastrian Henry VI, who steered the kingdom in her insane husband<U+2019>s stead; to Cecily Neville, matriarch of the rival Yorkist clan, whose son Edward IV murdered his own brother to maintain power; to Margaret Beaufort, who gave up her own claim to the throne in favor of her son, a man who would become the first of a new line of Tudor kings. A richly drawn, absorbing epic, Blood Sisters is a tale of hopeful births alongside bloody deaths, of romance as well as brutal pragmatism. It is a story of how women, and the power that women could wield, helped to end the Wars of the Roses, paving the way for the Tudor age<U+2014>and the creation of modern England
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10170025
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gristwood, Sarah
- Dewey number
- 942.04092/52
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DA250
- LC item number
- .G75 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Plantagenet, House of
- Margaret
- York, Cecily
- Elizabeth
- Anne
- Margaret
- Elizabeth
- Beaufort, Margaret
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the women behind the Wars of the Roses
- Label
- Blood sisters : the women behind the Wars of the Roses, Sarah Gristwood
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-370) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1445-1460, Lancaster. Fatal marriage ; "The red rose and the white" ; "A woman's fear" ; "No women's matters" ; "Captain Margaret" ; "Mightiness meets misery" -- 1460-1471. "To love a king" ; "Fortune's pageant" ; "Domestic broils" ; "That was a queen" -- 1471-1483. "My lovely queen" ; "Fortune's womb" ; Mother of griefs ; "A golden sorrow" -- 1483-1485. "Weeping queens" ; "Innocent blood" ; "Look to your wife" ; "Anne my wife" ; "In Bosworth Field" -- 1485-1509. "True succeeders" ; "Golden sovereignty" ; "The edge of traitors" ; "Civil wounds" ; Like a queen inter me ; "Our noble mother."
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxv, 390 pages, 16 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9780465018314
- Isbn Type
- (hard cover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2012044813
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
-
- 820942369
- (OCoLC)820942369
- Label
- Blood sisters : the women behind the Wars of the Roses, Sarah Gristwood
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-370) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1445-1460, Lancaster. Fatal marriage ; "The red rose and the white" ; "A woman's fear" ; "No women's matters" ; "Captain Margaret" ; "Mightiness meets misery" -- 1460-1471. "To love a king" ; "Fortune's pageant" ; "Domestic broils" ; "That was a queen" -- 1471-1483. "My lovely queen" ; "Fortune's womb" ; Mother of griefs ; "A golden sorrow" -- 1483-1485. "Weeping queens" ; "Innocent blood" ; "Look to your wife" ; "Anne my wife" ; "In Bosworth Field" -- 1485-1509. "True succeeders" ; "Golden sovereignty" ; "The edge of traitors" ; "Civil wounds" ; Like a queen inter me ; "Our noble mother."
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxv, 390 pages, 16 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9780465018314
- Isbn Type
- (hard cover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2012044813
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
-
- 820942369
- (OCoLC)820942369
Subject
- Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492
- Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- Henry VII, 1485-1509
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485
- trueInheritance and succession
- trueInheritance and succession -- England | History
- Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482
- Margaret, of York, Duchess, consort of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 1446-1503
- Plantagenet, House of
- trueRulers
- trueWars of the Roses, 1455-1485
- York, Cecily, Duchess of, 1415-1495
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485
- Anne, Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England, 1456-1485
- Beaufort, Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, 1443-1509
- trueCivil war
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