Eleanor the Secret Queen: The Woman Who Put Richard III on the Throne
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (901 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0752456695 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Beth E. Williams said reconsidered my evaluation. For alot of reasons I was only able to get this book about reconsidered my evaluation For alot of reasons I was only able to get this book about 3 weeks ago. My comment to the other Reviewer in February was based on their summary and I had little idea what a remarkable effort this was. Along with the historian Annette Carson's bravura research and analysis (Richard III, the Maligned King, 2008) what Ashdown Hill has done is nothing short of saying we ought to just wipe that blackboard clean and start again. As in START again. What a mess Ricardian/Tudor scholarship an. weeks ago. My comment to the other Reviewer in February was based on their summary and I had little idea what a remarkable effort this was. Along with the historian Annette Carson's bravura research and analysis (Richard III, the Maligned King, "reconsidered my evaluation" according to Beth E. Williams. For alot of reasons I was only able to get this book about reconsidered my evaluation For alot of reasons I was only able to get this book about 3 weeks ago. My comment to the other Reviewer in February was based on their summary and I had little idea what a remarkable effort this was. Along with the historian Annette Carson's bravura research and analysis (Richard III, the Maligned King, 2008) what Ashdown Hill has done is nothing short of saying we ought to just wipe that blackboard clean and start again. As in START again. What a mess Ricardian/Tudor scholarship an. weeks ago. My comment to the other Reviewer in February was based on their summary and I had little idea what a remarkable effort this was. Along with the historian Annette Carson's bravura research and analysis (Richard III, the Maligned King, 2008) what Ashdown Hill has done is nothing short of saying we ought to just wipe that blackboard clean and start again. As in START again. What a mess Ricardian/Tudor scholarship an. 008) what Ashdown Hill has done is nothing short of saying we ought to just wipe that blackboard clean and start again. As in START again. What a mess Ricardian/Tudor scholarship an. Scholarly summary of the evidence This is the book that 'Riccardians' will seize on and brandish in the face of Tudor fanatics, hollering, "see? here's the proof that Richard was a good guy!"Well, yes and no. What Ashdown-Hill does pull off in this slim volume is to present (albeit in an overly stilted manner) Eleanor Talbot, the 'other woman' in Edward IV's life, as a real character. What he doesn't do is probably what it is impossible to do -- prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Edward married her, legally, befor. Trine said Notes not enabled for Kindle. Interesting book but unfortunately the notes are not enabled in the Kindle version, which is a shame as they are quite important for a book of this type.
The crown therefore passed to Edward’s undoubtedly legitimate younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. The secret history of Eleanor Talbot, the woman at the heart of the controversy surrounding Richard III Offering a solution to one of England's great mysteries, this book argues that Eleanor Talbot was married to Edward IV, and that therefore Edward’s subsequent marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was bigamous, making her children illegitimate. When Edward IV died in 1483, the Yorkist succession was called into question by doubts about the legitimacy of his son, Edward (one of the Princes in the Tower). But Richard, too, found himself entangled in the web of uncertainty, since those who believed in the legitimacy of Edward IV’s children viewed Richard III’s own accession as usurpation. From the day when Edward IV marri
“Fascinating and thorough study.” —Publishers Weekly on Royal Marriage Secrets