The Secret Queen (eBook)

Eleanor Talbot, The Woman who put Richard III on the Throne

John Ashdown-Hill (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
264 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7524-6895-2 (ISBN)

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When Edward IV died in 1483, the Yorkist succession was called into question by doubts about the legitimacy of his sons (the 'Princes in the Tower'). The crown therefore passed to Edward IV's undoubtedly legitimate younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. But Richard, too, found himself entangled in the web of uncertainly, since those who believed in the legitimacy of Edward IV's children viewed Richard III's own accession with suspicion.
From the day that Edward IV married Eleanor, or pretended to do so, the House of York, previously so secure in its bloodline, confronted a contentious and uncertain future. John Ashdown-Hill argues that Eleanor Talbot was married to Edward IV, and that therefore Edward's subsequent union with Elizabeth Widville was bigamous, making her children illegitimate.
In his quest to reveal the truth about Eleanor, he also uncovers fascinating new evidence that sheds fresh light on one of the greatest historical mysteries of all time – the identity of the 'bones in the urn' in Westminster Abbey, believed for centuries to be the remains of the 'Princes in the Tower'.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.8.2011
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1483 • Accession • bigamous • Bigamy • bloodline • british monarchs • british royals • Duke of York • Eleanor Talbot • |Eleanor Talbot the woman who put Richard iii on the throne • Eleanor Talbot the woman who put Richard iii on the throne • Eleanor Talbot the woman who put Richard iii on the throne, Eleanor Talbot, king Richard iii, king Edward iv, 1483, Yorkist succession, Yorkist king, the princes in the tower, Richard duke of Gloucester, accession, legitimacy, the house of York, bloodline, Elizabeth widvile, Elizabeth Woodville, • Eleanor Talbot the woman who put Richard iii on the throne, king Richard iii, king Edward iv, 1483, Yorkist succession, Yorkist king, the princes in the tower, Richard duke of Gloucester, accession, legitimacy, the house of York, bloodline, Elizabeth widvile, Elizabeth Woodville, • Elizabeth widvile • elizabeth woodville • elizabeth wydeville • |Elizabeth wydville • Elizabeth wydville, bigamy, bigamous, illegitimate, the bones in the urn, Westminster abbey, remains of the princes in the tower, king Edward v, Richard of shrewsbury, duke of York, Elizabeth wydeville, Elizabeth widvile, the wars of the roses, medieval, middle ages, the tower of London, • illegitimate • King Edward IV • King Edward V • King Richard III • Kings • Legitimacy • Medieval • Middle Ages • Queens • queens|Elizabeth wydville • remains of the princes in the tower • richard duke of gloucester • richard III, tower of london, Plantagenet, Wars of the Roses, elizabeth woodville, Edward IV, women in history, women's history • Richard of shrewsbury • royalty • the bones in the urn • the house of York • the princes in the tower • the tower of london • The Wars of the Roses • Westminster Abbey • Women in History • |women’s history • Women’s history • women’s history, women in history, british royals, british monarchs, royalty, kings, queens • Yorkist king • Yorkist succession
• ISBN-10: 0-7524-6895-2 / 0752468952
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-6895-2 / 9780752468952