The Kingmaker's Sisters: Six Powerful Women in the Wars of the Roses by David Baldwin (9781803992457)

Description - The Kingmaker's Sisters: Six Powerful Women in the Wars of the Roses by David Baldwin

A history of the Wars of the Roses from the perspective of the women behind some of the key participants. Warwick the Kingmaker, the Earl of Warwick & Salisbury whose wealth and power was so great that he could effectively decide who would rule England during the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487), had six sisters: Joan, Cecily, Alice, Eleanor, Katherine and Margaret. They all married powerful noblemen who fought on opposing sides during this turbulent period. The Kingmaker's Sisters examines the role that they played in late fifteenth-century England, as wives, mothers and homemakers, but also as deputies for their absent husbands, and how the struggle between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians affected them and their families. Scholarly but accessible, this is the first history of the Wars of the Roses to be written from this perspective, and will appeal to general readers, historians of the period and those with an interest in feminist history. AUTHOR: The late David Baldwin taught medieval history and was the author of 'Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes of the Tower' and 'The Lost Prince: The Survival of Richard of York'. 22 colour illustrations

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