There's a problem loading this menu right now. The Tudor dynasty traditionally starts with Henry VII’s victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. Carter takes a dynamic look at the three women who established the Tudor Dynasty, Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort, and Elizabeth of York. by Alicia Carter. I chose this book as a companion to the tv series White Queen, Red Queen & the Kingmakers Daughter. In reality, however, the story of England’s most popular dynasty starts much earlier—and it starts with three courageous women who shaped their own destiny. It's not really a historical fiction style writing. Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2014.
Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. After receiving it, I was not pleased to find out that it is an 8.5 x5.5'' soft cover book with a question and answer format, possibly a self-published book. James married Caron Griffin Carter with whom he fathered James Carter IV –who is a political researcher and policy analyst. [Carter looks at the resources that discuss the three women, but as another review pointed out, sources for the history and movements and motivations of women are scarce. I recommend this book to anyone interested reading about the women of the wars of the roses. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions.
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This book is a breath of fresh air. Simple account of the three key women in the Tudor dynasty.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2015. Women of the Wars of the Roses: Jacquetta Woodville, Margaret of Anjou & Cecily Neville, The House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown, Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville: A True Romance. The writing was very good. A lot of the narrative and conclusions are based on other sourced material but it allows you to make up your own mind. Like many reviewers I am glad to read about the women and their fate in what was then a war filled, male dominated society. So a bunch of rich and powerful people lost some wealth and power to the new Queen, in a very short time.
Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. The Tudor dynasty traces its origin to Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Elizabeth of York—women who waged through blood and loss in order to finally emerge as the ultimate female survivors of the Wars of the Roses.
Stylistically, a bit preachy, but useful to have a quick account of how they set their expectations for themselves and their offspring.
Not only the font used is about fourteen or sixteen but the text is double spaced fitting only two paragraphs per page. I understand that English lineage is hard to follow so I do appreciate some follow up, but this book truly could have been cut by a third at least. On the whole I would recommend this to those who don't usually read solid historical books...for those of you that do, it will make for an easy read on holiday.
In reality, however, the story of England’s most popular dynasty starts much earlier—and it starts with three courageous women who shaped their own destiny. by Book Baby. Good basic information about three fascinating women but it read like a term paper.
As a history buff, it’s nice to read a book that focuses on important women in (British) history. Read like somebody's theses - and not a good one either! And too bad there were no paparazzi then. The Tudor dynasty traditionally starts with Henry VII’s victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in.
Alicia Carter; 1st Edition (July 21, 2013), Not all of the Women of the Wars of the Roses, Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2015. Unable to add item to List. Anyone interested in the Tudor period of British history will appreciate the detail Carter goes into. This was somewhat of an interesting read, though it was redundant at times. The Tudor dynasty traces its origin to Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Elizabeth of York—women who waged through blood and loss in order to finally emerge as the ultimate female survivors of the Wars of the Roses.
After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. What was the differences between Saxons and the Normans was only the first of so many questions that arose. His second marriage, to Ginger Hodges of Americus, produced one child, Margaret Alicia, born in 1987. This book took me 2 evenings to read and is very repetitive and informal in style (lots of exclamation marks!) I found the questions and the conclusions spot on with questions raised from other books I have read. My overall opinion: It read like a college freshman's historical research paper. Interesting History of the 3 main women involved in the ending of the War of the Roses. (I love anything about the Tudor Dynasty and have since before the HBO series which I haven't even seen all of!) (Was Margaret Beaufort a mother-law from hell?").
The book flows well and it's a good book to dip into as the chapters break it up into manageable chunks. The sources that she uses and looking into Margaret Beaufort's actions alone speak to her being more than the stereotype that is thrown onto her. Margaret Carter is on Facebook. Elizabeth's children from her first marriage were given titles, her relatives were married into the richest families in the Kingdom.
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The author has some really good theories - pointing out that there is definitely a case for Margaret Beaufort wasn't the stereotypical 'mother-in-law from hell' that she is so often portrayed as, for example. A short, easy read.
I really want to give this 3 stars! I found the book to be thoroughly interesting. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books.
His second marriage, to Ginger Hodges of Americus, produced one child, Margaret Alicia, born in 1987. We’d love your help. The book does an o'kay job of explaining the War of the Roses which is complicated enough to figure out.
The book is simply and clearly written but somewhat repetitive and serves to illustrate how little information there is about these three women.
The Tudor dynasty traces its origin to Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Elizabeth of York—women who wag. It's format and style read quite amateurish so not quite the best follow up to the excellently written The Plantagenets by Dan Jones. Carter takes a dynamic look at the three women who established the Tudor Dynasty, Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort, and Elizabeth of York. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Yes can I say good but not good enough to warrant an extra star. I really love this book. This isn't mentioned and these people, used to power, made a grab for it back when the King died. It was very hard to read this as a historical work because of the obvious leanings that the author shows. Their daughter, Margaret Alicia Carter, was born September 23, 1987. 1 review The Tudor dynasty traditionally starts with Henry VII’s victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. An easy and interesting read. The Tudor dynasty traces its origin to Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Elizabeth of York—women who waged through blood and loss in order to finally emerge as the ultimate female survivors of the Wars of the Roses. It was whispered the Queen was even a witch and had cast a spell on King Edward.
For most of the book there isn't an even flow. In reality, however, the story of England’s most popular dynasty starts much earlier—and it starts with three courageous women who shaped their own destiny. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, Historical European Biographies (Kindle Store), includes free international wireless delivery via, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. I will leave the detective work to those that choose to read this book and not spoil it for those that might want to delve in. Frankly, with this book as my aid, I have delved back another 1000 years into the history of the England, Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, Normandy, Norway, Saxony, France. There's really no dedicated story here, it's just several vignettes about various interpretations of these women's lives that have come to be known as truth. There's interesting info here but this doesn't seem like a final draft. Easy to read history of three great tudor ladies, First and foremost, let me start off by saying that when you are writing biographical works, you have to try and leave bias out of it, and this is something that the author struggled with consistently throughout the entire book! Basic information on Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort, and Elizabeth of York, but written in an almost "term paper" type format. Other books on the subject are much more well-written. my problem with this book is all of the repetitiveness! I would have liked to have given it a, First and foremost, let me start off by saying that when you are writing biographical works, you have to try and leave bias out of it, and this is something that the author struggled with consistently throughout the entire book! Does this book contain inappropriate content?