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Cecily Duchess of York (Hardcover)
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Cecily Duchess of York (Hardcover)
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This is the first scholarly biography of Cecily Neville, duchess of
York, the mother of Edward IV and Richard III. She was said to have
ruled Edward IV 'as she pleased' and Richard III made his bid for
the throne from her home. Yet Cecily has been a shadowy figure in
modern histories, noted primarily for her ostentatious piety, her
expensive dresses, and the rumours of her adultery. Here J. L.
Laynesmith draws on a wealth of rarely considered sources to
construct a fresh and revealing portrait of a remarkable woman.
Cecily was the only major protagonist to live right through the
Wars of the Roses. This book sheds new light on that bloody
conflict in which Cecily proved herself an exceptional political
survivor. Skilfully manipulating her family connections and
contemporary ideas about womanhood, Cecily repeatedly reinvented
herself to protect her own status and to ensure the security of
those in her care. From her childhood marriage to Richard duke of
York until her final decade as grandmother of the first Tudor
queen, the story of Cecily Neville's life provides a rich insight
into national and local politics, women's power and relationships,
motherhood, household dynamics and the role of religion in
fifteenth-century England.
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