Book Reviews
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The following review extract is from this link :- “….They might be united by blood, but in 1459 England’s royal family of Plantagenets and Nevilles are being torn apart by an internecine war. Cecily, Duchess of York, is embroiled just as deeply as her husband, Richard Neville, in a plot to topple the…
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There are numerous theories about what happened to the boys in the Tower…and exactly who may have done it. Well, one points the finger at the omnipresent Dr Argentine, under whose dubious care no fewer than three royal patients passed away: the boys in the Tower, and after that Prince Arthur, the Tudor heir. In…
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Every so often a book comes along that really doesn’t fit into any genre…except perhaps history in general. “Medieval Woman: Village Life in the Middle Ages” by Anne Baer is fiction, and yet not, because the author has done some splendid, detailed research, and then put it all together around a year in the life…
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How many of you have books on your shelves that you’ve had for years but have yet to read? I’m guilty of that, I fear. However, today I grabbed a book at random, to read while my car, name of Iggy, underwent his first MOT. When I arrived and was seated, I discovered that the…
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Book Review: Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I by Kelcey Wilson-Lee
Abbesses, Agnes Strickland, Amesbury, Daughters of Chivalry, Edmund Earl of Kent, Edward I, Edward II, Eleanor Countess of Bar, Eleanor of Castile, Eleanor of Provence, Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, Fontevrault, France, Gilbert de Clare, Helen Castor, Henri de Bar, Henry III, Humphrey de Bohun, Joan of Acre, John Count of Holland, John II of Brabant, Kelcey Wilson-Lee, Lincoln Castle, Margaret of Brabant, Mary of Woodstock, mediaeval women, Nicola de la Haie, nuns, Sarah Gristwood, sieges, Thomas of Brotherton
Originally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Having enjoyed ‘Blood Sisters’ and ‘Game of Queens’ by Sarah Gristwood and Helen Castor’s ‘She-Wolves’, I was interested to read this book on the daughters of Edward I and it is very much in-line with their re-evaluations of the lives of aristocratic medieval and renaissance women and their too-often…
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Today marks the 691st anniversary of the birth of Edward of Woodstock, eldest son of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault. Born June 15, 1330, Edward was made Duke of Cornwall in 1337 and, at age twelve, became Prince of Wales. He was a founding knight in his father’s creation of the Order of the…
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On this day in 1376, “the strenuous and warlike Prince departed to God. He died on Trinity Sunday, during the Great Parliament, and may God protect him, for he was the very flower of chivalry, without peer in this world.” — from the personal tribute to the Prince by military surgeon John Arderne* Our current…
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In previous years, Lisl took part in conversations with other bloggers and writers about book covers, regarding their importance and appeal. From these discussions the Cover Crush evolved amongst several participants, who began recording their thoughts on images that, for various reasons, caught and kept their attention. Today, Lisl shares her most recent Crush,…
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