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The House of Beaufort - The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown (Paperback)
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The House of Beaufort - The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown (Paperback)
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List price R368
Loot Price R300
Discovery Miles 3 000
You Save R68 (18%)
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The Wars of the Roses saw family fight family over the greatest
prize - the throne of England. But what gave the eventual victor of
these brutal and complex wars, Henry Tudor, the right to claim the
crown? How exactly did an illegitimate line come to challenge the
English monarchy? While the Houses of York and Lancaster fought
brutally for the crown, other noble families of the kingdom also
played integral roles in the wars; grand and prestigious names like
the Howards, Mowbrays, Nevilles and Percys were intimately involved
in the conflict, but none symbolised the volatile nature of the
period quite like the House of Beaufort. Their rise, fall, and rise
again is the story of England during the fifteenth century, a
dramatic century of war, intrigue and scandal, both at home and
abroad. This book uncovers the rise of the Beauforts from bastard
stock of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, to esteemed companions
of their cousin Henry V, celebrated victor of Agincourt, and tracks
their chastening fall with the House of Lancaster during the 1460s
and 1470s. The hopes and fortunes of the family gradually came to
rest upon the shoulders of a teenage widow named Margaret Beaufort
and her young son Henry. From Margaret would rise the House of
Tudor, the most famous of all England's royal houses and a dynasty
that owed its crown to the blood of its forebears, the House of
Beaufort. From bastards to princes, the Beauforts are medieval
England's most captivating family.
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