The events of the Wars of the Roses are usually described in terms of men involved; Richard, Duke of York, Henry VI, Edward IV and Henry VII. The reality though, argues Sarah Gristwood, was quite different.
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This is the story of the women who gave birth to the Tudor dynasty. It is a fiery history of queens, the perils of power and of how the Wars of the Roses were ended - not by knights in battle, but the sinewy political skills of women.
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 men involved; Richard, Duke of York, Henry VI, Edward IV and Henry VII. The reality though, argues Sarah Gristwood, was quite different.
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.
Orphaned by the wars of religion on the continent, Jeanne is brought to London disguised as a boy. Growing up, the disguise has not been shed she finds a living as a clerk, ending up in the households of Robert Cecil. As she witnesses the intrigues and plots swirling round the l…
Het als jongen vermomde dochtertje van Franse Hugenoten komt in 1597 in Engeland in dienst van een minister en raakt daar betrokken bij een gunsteling van koningin Elizabeth I.
Het als jongen vermomde dochtertje van Franse Hugenoten komt in 1597 in Engeland in dienst van een minister en raakt daar betrokken bij een gunsteling van koningin Elizabeth I.
Het als jongen vermomde dochtertje van Franse Hugenoten komt in 1597 in Engeland in dienst van een minister en raakt daar betrokken bij een gunsteling van koningin Elizabeth I.