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The amazing life of Margaret of York, the woman who tried to
overthrow the Tudors. Reared in a dangerous and unpredictable world
Margaret of York, sister of Richard III, would become the standard
bearer of the House of York and 'the menace of the Tudors'. This
alluring and resourceful woman was Henry VII's 'diabolical
duchess'. Safe across the Channel in modern-day Belgium and
supported by the Emperor she sent Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck
with thousands of troops to England to avenge the destruction of
her brother and of the House of York. Both rebellions shook the new
Tudor dynasty to the core. As the duchess and wife of the
wealthiest ruler in Western Europe, Margaret was at the centre of a
glittering court and became the patron of William Caxton. It was at
her command that he printed the first book in English. Her marriage
to Charles, the dour, war-mad Duke of Burgundy, had been the talk
of Europe. John Paston, who was among the awestruck guests,
reported in the famous Paston Letters that there had been nothing
like it since King Arthur's court. Yet within a decade Charles was
dead, his corpse frozen on the battlefield and within another
decade her own family had been destroyed in England. Childless and
in a foreign land Margaret showed the same energetic and cautious
spirit as her great-grand-niece Elizabeth I, surviving riots,
rebellions and plots. In spite of all her efforts, the Tudors were
still on the throne but Margaret, unlike the Yorkist kings, was a
great survivor. Includes 47 illustrations.
According to Meghan it was ""Just a cosy night ... we were just
roasting chicken... just an amazing surprise, it was so sweet and
natural and very romantic. He got on one knee."" This is the love
story of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle. How they
met, their courtship, his proposal, and the royal wedding.
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