发表于2024-11-27
Blood Sisters 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
图书标签: 历史 英国史 英国历史 英国 UK_history
How the Wars of the Roses were won and lost by the political and dynastic skills of the royal women: this is the true story behind Philippa Gregory's dramatic novels about fiery Queens and the perils of power. The events of the Wars of the Roses are usually described in terms of the men involved: Richard Duke of York, Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III and Henry VII. The reality though, argues acclaimed author Sarah Gristwood, was quite different. These years were also packed with women's drama and - in the tales of conflicted maternity and monstrous births - alive with female energy. In this completely original book, Sarah Gristwood sheds light on a neglected dimension of English history: the impact of Tudor women on the Wars of the Roses. She examines, among others, Cecily Neville, the wife of Richard Duke of York, who was deprived of being queen when her husband died at the Battle of Wakefield; Elizabeth Woodville, a widow with several children who married Edward IV in secret and was crowned queen consort; Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, whose ambitions centred on her son and whose persuasions are likely to have lead her husband Lord Stanley, previously allied with the Yorkists, to play his part in Henry's victory. Until now, the lives of these women have remained little known to the general public. Sarah Gristwood tells their stories in detail for the first time. Captivating and original, this is historical writing of the most important kind.
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评分I hope this book is a truely biography rather than a novel, indeed, as a friend on DA said:Philippa's books just fill of shit. Never read them without known the real history already. Well, finally I finished my reading ,something I want to say, but I found it's hard to say. Hope I can write something later.
评分I hope this book is a truely biography rather than a novel, indeed, as a friend on DA said:Philippa's books just fill of shit. Never read them without known the real history already. Well, finally I finished my reading ,something I want to say, but I found it's hard to say. Hope I can write something later.
Blood Sisters 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书