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Cecily Neville - Mother of Kings (Paperback)
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Known to be proud, regal and beautiful, Cecily Neville was born in
the year of the great English victory at Agincourt and survived
long enough to witness the arrival of the future Henry VIII, her
great-grandson. Her life spanned most of the fifteenth century.
Cecily's marriage to Richard, Duke of York, was successful, even
happy, and she travelled with him wherever his career dictated,
bearing his children in England, Ireland and France, including the
future Edward IV and Richard III. What was the substance behind her
claim to be 'queen by right'? Would she indeed have made a good
queen during these turbulent times? One of a huge family herself,
Cecily would see two of her sons become kings of England, but the
struggles that tore apart the Houses of Lancaster and York also
turned brother against brother. Cecily's life cannot have been
easy. Images of her dripping in jewels and holding her own
alternative 'court' might belie the terrible heartache of seeing
her descendants destroy each other. In attempting to be the family
peacemaker, she frequently had to make heart-wrenching choices, yet
these did not destroy her. She battled on, outliving her husband,
friends, rivals and most of her children, to become one of the
era's great survivors.
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