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Cecily Neville: Mother of Richard III

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Cecily Neville: Mother of Richard III

Wife to Richard, Duke of York, mother to Edward IV and Richard III, and aunt to the famous â€˜Kingmakerâ€™, Richard, Earl of Warwick, Cecily Neville was a key player on the political stage of fifteenth-century Britain England.

Mythologically rumoured to have been known as â€˜the Rose of Rabyâ€™ because of her beauty and her birth at Raby Castle, and as â€˜Proud Cisâ€™ because of her vanity and fiery temper, Cecilyâ€™s personality and temperament have actually been highly speculated upon. In fact, much of her life is shrouded in mystery. Putting aside Cecilyâ€™s role as mother and wife, who was she really?

Matriarch of the York dynasty, she navigated through a tumultuous period and lived to see the birth of the future Henry VIII. From seeing the house of York defeat their Lancastrian cousins; to witnessing the defeat of her own son, Richard III, at the battle of Bosworth, Cecily then saw one of her granddaughters become Henry VIIâ€™s queen consort.

Her story is full of controversy and the few published books on her life are full of guess-work. In this highly original history, Dr John Ashdown-Hill seeks to dispel the myths surrounding Cecily using previously unexamined contemporary sources.
Country USA
Brand PEN & SWORD TRANSPORT
Manufacturer Pen and Sword History
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2018-06-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781526706324

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