Eleanor the Secret Queen: The Woman Who Put Richard III on the Throne - Softcover

Ashdown-Hill, John

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9780752456690: Eleanor the Secret Queen: The Woman Who Put Richard III on the Throne

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ISBN 10: 0752456695 ISBN 13: 9780752456690

Publisher: The History Press, 2010

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The secret history of Eleanor Talbot, the woman at the heart of the controversy surrounding Richard III Offering a solution to one of England's great mysteries, this book argues that Eleanor Talbot was married to Edward IV, and that therefore Edward’s subsequent marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was bigamous, making her children illegitimate. When Edward IV died in 1483, the Yorkist succession was called into question by doubts about the legitimacy of his son, Edward (one of the Princes in the Tower). The crown therefore passed to Edward’s undoubtedly legitimate younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. But Richard, too, found himself entangled in the web of uncertainty, since those who believed in the legitimacy of Edward IV’s children viewed Richard III’s own accession as usurpation. From the day when Edward IV married Eleanor, or pretended to do so, or allowed it to be whispered that he might have done so, the House of York, previously so secure in its bloodline, confronted a contentious and uncertain future.

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About the Author:

John Ashdown-Hill is an historian and a member of the Royal Historical Society, the Society of Genealogists, the Richard III Society, and the Centre Europ�en d’Etudes Bourguignonnes. He is the author of Richard III’s 'Beloved Cousyn.'

Review:

“Fascinating and thorough study.” —Publishers Weekly on Royal Marriage Secrets

"With its new details and perspectives about Richard’s last days and its use of original sources, this book will be an essential read for Ricardians and all interested in studying the Wars of the Roses, here accessible to them without being marred by hundreds of years of interpretations, rumors, and biases." —Library Journal on The Last Days of Richard III and the Fate of His DNA

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