
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...
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: The History Press (June 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0750950765
ISBN-13: 978-0750950763
Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 0.8 x 9.4 inches
Amazon Rank: 2757664
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Given the dearth of documents and information about the Neville sisters, Baldwin has taken on a difficult task in writing about their lives. Sadly, there just isn't that much to learn about the sisters, but Baldwin has done a commendable job in tryi...
d 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.