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  War of the Roses: Book 1

  The White Queen

  by Philippa Gregory

  Philippa Gregory, "The Queen of Royal Fiction" (USA Today) presents the first of a new series set amid the deadly feuds of England known as the Wars of the Roses. Brother turns on brother to win the ultimate prize, the throne of England, in this dazzling account of the wars of the Plantagenets. They are the claimants and kings who ruled England before the Tudors, and now Philippa Gregory brings them to life... (more)
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  War of the Roses: Book 2

  The Red Queen

  by Philippa Gregory

  Nobody does the Tudors better than Gregory (The Other Boleyn Girl), so it should come as no surprise that her latest—the War of the Roses as seen through the eyes of Henry VII's mother —is confident, colorful, convincing, and full of conflict, betrayal, and political maneuvering. Gregory gives readers Margaret Beaufort in her own words, from innocent nine-year-old to conspiring courtier who stops at nothing to see... (more)
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  The Queen of Last Hopes

  The Story of Margaret of Anjou

  by Susan Higginbotham

  It would be called the Wars of the Roses, but it all began with one woman's fury... Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England, cannot give up on her husband-even when he goes insane. And as mother to the House of Lancaster's last hope, she cannot give up on her son-even when all England turns against him. This gripping tale of a queen is at its heart a tender tale of love: passionate, for her husband, and motherly,... (more)
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  The Wars of the Roses

  by Alison Weir

  "Weir does a masterful job of leading the layman through the entwined family trees of England's powerful families and the many usurpers to the throne. . . . <She> has perfected the art of bringing history to life." --Chicago Tribune Lancaster and York. For much of the fifteenth century, these two families were locked in battle for control of the British throne. Kings were murdered and deposed. Armies marched... (more)
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  The Queen's Lover

  by Vanora Bennett

  Catherine de Valois, daughter of the French king Charles VI, is born into troubled times. Though she is brought up in a royal court, it is a stormy and unstable environment. Before she is out of her teens, Catherine is married off to England's Henry V as part of a treaty honoring his victory over France. She is terrified at the idea of being married to a man who is a foreigner, an enemy, and a rough soldier, and... (more)
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  The Plantagenet Series

  The Sunne in Splendour

  by Sharon Kay Penman

  "The reader is left with the haunting sensation that perhaps the good a man does can live after him--especially in the hands of a dedicated historian." SAN DIEGO UNION In this stirring historical novel, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard III from his villainous role in history as the hulking, evil hunchback. This dazzling recreation of his life is filled with the sights and sounds of battle, and the passions of the... (more)
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  Kings & Queens of England a Dark History 1066 to Presend Day

  The British royal family is considered by many to be the most prestigious in the world. Yet its sensational and often lurid past contains deeds so dark and dastardly that they were covered up and remained secret for centuries . . .
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  Margaret of Anjou: Queenship and Power in Late Medieval England

  by Helen E. Maurer

  Margaret of Anjou was a vengeful and violent woman, or so we have been told, whose vindictive spirit fuelled the fifteenth-century dynastic conflict, the Wars of the Roses. In Shakespeare's rendering she becomes an adulterous queen who mocks her captive enemy, Richard, duke of York, before killing him in cold blood. Shakespeare's portrayal has proved to be remarkably resilient, because Margaret's queenship lends... (more)
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  Brief History of the Wars of the Roses

  by Desmond Seward

  During the fifteenth century England was split in a bloody conflict between the Houses of York and Lancaster over who should claim the crown. The civil wars consumed the whole nation in a series of battles that eventually saw the Tudor dynasty take power. In "A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses", Desmond Seward tells the story of this complex and dangerous period of history through the lives of five men and... (more)
• Of Virtue RareLinda Simon

  

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  Of Virtue Rare

  Margaret Beaufort, Matriarch of the House of Tudor

  by Linda Simon

• Elizabeth of YorkNancy Lenz. Harvey

  

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  Elizabeth of York

  The Mother of Henry VIII

  by Nancy Lenz Harvey

  Elizabeth of York lived at the center of the vortex of one of England's most turbulent eras. The momentous events of the times directed her course -- where the stronger forces moved, so must she follow. Elizabeth's story is told her by letting the reading see her life as she might have reviewed it herself as she lay mortally ill after the birth of her eighth child. Without at all distorting historical facts, this... (more)
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  She Wolves

  The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth

  by Helen Castor

  When Edward VI – Henry VIII’s longed-for son – died in 1553, extraordinarily, there was no one left to claim the title King of England. For the first time, all the contenders for the crown were female. In 1553, England was about to experience the ‘monstrous regiment’ – the unnatural rule – of a woman. But female rule in England also had a past. Four hundred years before Edward’s death, Matilda, daughter of Henry I... (more)
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  Queen By Right

  by Anne Easter Smith

  History remembers Cecily of York standing on the steps of the Market Cross at Ludlow, facing an attacking army while holding the hands of her two young sons. Queen by Right reveals how she came to step into her destiny, beginning with her marriage to Richard, duke of York, whom she meets when she is nine and he is thirteen. Raised together in her father’s household, they become a true love match and together face... (more)
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  THWARTED QUEEN

  by Cynthia Sally Haggard

  THWARTED QUEEN is a portrait of a woman trapped by power, a marriage undone by betrayal, and a King brought down by fear. Cecylee is the apple of her mother’s eye. The seventh daughter, she is the only one left unmarried by 1424, the year she turns nine. In her father’s eyes, however, she is merely a valuable pawn in the game of marriage. The Earl of Westmorland plans to marry his youngest daughter to... (more)
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  THWARTED QUEEN

  THE BRIDE PRICE (THWARTED QUEEN)

  by Cynthia Sally Haggard

  THE BRIDE PRICE is the first in a series of four books about Cecylee Neville (1415-1495), mother of Richard III and Edward IV, Queen by Right and Abbess. This tale of Cecylee’s girlhood will appeal to readers of YA novels.Cecylee is the apple of her mother’s eye. The seventh daughter, she is the only one left unmarried by 1424, the year she turns nine. In her father’s eyes, however, she is merely a... (more)
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  Daughter of York: A Novel

  by Anne Easter Smith

  History tells us that the intelligent, wealthy, and powerful Margaret of York had everything any woman could want, except for love. The acclaimed author of A Rose for the Crown takes us between the lines of history and into her heart. It is 1461: Edward, son of Richard of York, ascends to the throne, and his willful sister, Margaret, immediately becomes a pawn in European politics as Edward negotiates her... (more)
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  Henry VI

  Henry VI

  Parts 1, 2, and 3

  by William Shakespeare

  With a newly added critical commentary by Phyllis Racklin and commentaries by other noted Shakespeare scholars, this edition provides three of Shakespeare's great history plays in one comprehensive volume.
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  The Wars of the Roses

  by Desmond Seward

  During the amazing 15th-century bloodbath of the Wars of the Roses, three kings, a Prince of Wales, and eight royal (or semi-royal) dukes died in battle, murder or sudden death, together with a third of the peerage and countless gentry. This is an account of the bloody combat between the rival dynasties of York and Lancaster. It seeks to bring to life the battles and drama of the ruinous conflict and recreate a... (more)
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  The Wars of the Roses, rev

  by J. R. Lander

  The dynastic struggles of the Wars of the Roses (1455-85) have traditionally been portrayed as belonging to one of the most dramatic periods in the history of England, an age of murder and melodrama. In this classic history of the wars, charting their origins, progress, conclusions and effects, Professor Lander sets the record straight. By putting the wars into their contemporary context, using the written records... (more)
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  A History of the Plantagenets: Book 4

  The Last Plantagenets

  by Thomas B. Costain

  The final volume in A History of the Plantagenets covers the century from 1377 to 1485 when civil war ravaged England, rebellious peasants marched on London and wandering preachers sowed dissent in the credulous poor. The last Plantagenet monarchs governed in violence and confusion. Kings came and went, deposed or murdered. Princes and nobles slaughtered or were slaughtered in bloody battles or private feuds.... (more)