Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes in the Tower - Couverture rigide

Baldwin, David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0750927747 ISBN 13 : 9780750927741

Editeur : Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Baldwin David

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Elizabeth Woodville is a historical character whose life no novelist would ever have dared invent. She has been portrayed as an enchantress, as an unprincipled advancer of her family's fortunes and as a plucky but pitiful queen in Shakespeare's histories. She has been alternatively championed and vilified by her contemporaries and five centuries of historians, dramatists and novelists, but what was she really like? In this revealing account of Elizabeth's life over fifty years David Baldwin sets out to tell the story of this complex and intriguing woman. Was she the malign influence many of her critics held her to be? Was she a sorceress who bewitched Edward IV? What was the fate of her two sons, the 'Princes in the tower'? What did she, of all people, think had become of them, and why did Richard III mount a campaign of vilification against her? David Baldwin brings this misunderstood character back to life.

Biographie de l'auteur :

David Baldwin is a medieval historian, who has taught at the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham for many years. His historical research has focused on the great medieval families in the Midlands and he has contributed articles to historical journals and lectured regularly to societies and conferences in this field.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Sutton Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0750927747
• ISBN 13: 9780750927741
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240