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Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King's Mother
Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King's Mother | Philippa Gregory, David Baldwin, Michael Jones
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory joins two eminent historians to explore the extraordinary true stories of three women largely forgotten by history: Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford; Elizabeth Woodville, queen of England; and Margaret Beaufort, the founder of the Tudor dynasty. 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 become the first lady at two rival courts. David Baldwin, 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. Beautifully illustrated throughout with rare portraits and source materials, The Women of the Cousins War offers fascinating insights into the inspirations behind Philippa Gregory s fiction and will appeal to all with an interest in this epic period."
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Fascinating nonfiction about the lives of Duchess Jacquetta, Elizabeth Woodville, and Margaret Beauford. Each of these women, Philippa Gregory has written novels about: The Rivers Women, the White Queen, and the Red Queen, respectively.

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🍎🍎🍎Non fiction about Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort, & Jacquetta, Lady Rivers by Philippa Gregory
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Day 5.

Prompt: book you‘d take with you whilst questing

This one is short and should be informative (I haven‘t actually read it yet…).

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As mentioned in the (quite interesting) introduction, it‘s hard to find information about historical women. Because of that, it‘s hard to write an interesting biography. For all three (but especially Jacquetta), there was more about the war and what the men were doing and the big events than about the women themselves, and I‘m not as interested in the wars, the fighting, and the politics. So, I tended to skim over those parts.

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Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King's Mother | Philippa Gregory, David Baldwin, Michael Jones
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Since the list is so long I‘ve tag my number 1 book. And the following 3 books, also by Philippa Gregory, can be found on the list too.....

1. Dark Tracks (Order of Darkness, no. 4)
2. A Respectable Trade
3. Fallen Skies

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Corrina406
Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King's Mother | Philippa Gregory, David Baldwin, Michael Jones
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Interesting. I had read the first three books in the Plantagenent series, and wanted to get a more indepth view before continuing on. Most of what was addressed was included somehow in the previous books. It was interesting to learn kust how little information is easily available for the research, and to what lengths Gregory went to piece the story together for her books. Solidifies why I enjoy her so much as an author.

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Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King's Mother | Philippa Gregory, David Baldwin, Michael Jones
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5 AM on a Saturday, sure, I'll read!