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Lädt ... Cecily Neville: Mother of Richard IIIvon John Ashdown-Hill
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. More 2.5 stars than 2 - I wanted to like this more than I did but found it quite hard work in places. The author has made a valiant job in attempting to reconstruct a medieval woman's life from the primary sources without getting swamped by her prominent male kinfolk, and he draws on a wider range of disciplines than documentary history to do so. There were, however, too many notes that jarred - for example, a weird section on being a middle aged woman that could have done with an edit by a middle aged woman, and a hyper-partisan approach to Cecily's familial relationships that requires some contortions to maintain (including accusing Elizabeth Woodville of committing murder without a shred of proof). This may be a more engaging read to those of a strongly pro-Yorkist, anti-Woodville bent. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Wife to Richard, Duke of York, mother to Edward IV and Richard III, and aunt to the famous Kingmaker, Richard, Earl of Warwick, Cecily Neville was a key player on the political stage of fifteenth-century Britain England.Mythologically rumoured to have been known as the Rose of Raby because of her beauty and her birth at Raby Castle, and as Proud Cis because of her vanity and fiery temper, Cecilys personality and temperament have actually been highly speculated upon. In fact, much of her life is shrouded in mystery. Putting aside Cecilys role as mother and wife, who was she really?Matriarch of the York dynasty, she navigated through a tumultuous period and lived to see the birth of the future Henry VIII. From seeing the house of York defeat their Lancastrian cousins; to witnessing the defeat of her own son, Richard III, at the battle of Bosworth, Cecily then saw one of her granddaughters become Henry VIIs queen consort.Her story is full of controversy and the few published books on her life are full of guess-work. In this highly original history, Dr John Ashdown-Hill seeks to dispel the myths surrounding Cecily using previously unexamined contemporary sources. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)942.04092History and Geography Europe England and Wales England Lancaster and York 1400-85Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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