The Women of the Cousins’ War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King’s Mother

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#1 New York Times bestselling creator Philippa Gregory teams with two eminent historians to explore the historical characters in the real-life world in the back of her Wars of the Roses novels.

PHILIPPA GREGORY and her fellow historians describe the atypical lives of the heroines of her Cousins’ War books: Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford; Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV; and Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII.

In her essay on Jacquetta, Philippa Gregory uses original documents, archaeology, and histories of myth and witchcraft to create the first-ever biography of the young duchess who survived two reigns and two wars to turn into the first lady at two rival courts. David 1st earl baldwin of bewdley, established authority on the Wars of the Roses, tells the story of Elizabeth Woodville, the first commoner to marry a king of England for love; and Michael Jones, fellow of the Royal Historical Society, writes of Margaret Beaufort, the almost-unknown matriarch of the House of Tudor.

In the introduction, Gregory writes revealingly about the differences between history and historical fiction. How much of a role does speculation play in writing each and every? How much fiction and what kind of fact must there be in a historical novel? How are female historians changing our view of women in history?

The Women of the Cousins’ War is beautifully illustrated with rare portraits and source materials. In addition to offering fascinating insights into the inspirations in the back of Philippa Gregory’s fiction, it’s going to appeal to all with an interest in this period.

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