Blood Sisters: The Hidden Lives of the Women Behind the Wars of the Roses

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-02-28 Pages: 416 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers The true story of the White Queen and more. this is a thrilling history of the extraordinary noblewomen who lived through the Wars of the Roses.The events of the Wars of the Roses are usually described in terms of the men involved:. Richard Duke of York. Henry VI. Edward IV. Richard III and Henry VII But these years were also packed with womens drama and - in the tales of conflicted maternity and monstrous births - alive with female energy.In this completely original book. Sarah Gristwood sheds light on a neglected dimension of English history: the impact of Tudor women on the Wars of the Roses She examines. among others. Cecily Neville. who was. deprived of being queen when her husband died at the Battle of Wakefield; Elizabeth Woodville. the commoner who married Edward IV in se...