Succession
Series: Wars of the Roses trilogy -- book 1.
Publisher: Fig Tree
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780241146248; 9780241966693
Subjects: Fiction; History
Description: 1445: Henry VI is married by proxy to Margaret of Anjou, an unpopular choice that causes national uproar. At the same time, the infant Margaret Beaufort is made a great heiress following the death of the Earl of Somerset. Everyone is competing to be her guardian: she brings with her the Beaufort fortune and an advantageous alliance with her uncle. In the years that follow, English rule in France collapses, Henry VI goes insane, civil war erupts and families are pitted against each other. 'Succession' tells the thrilling, bloody s.
Table of contents: title: "1445. A bloody battle for the throne. And a young girl who will change English history."; title: jacket. -1445: Henry VI is married by proxy to Margaret of Anjou, an unpopular choice that causes national uproar. At the same time, the infant Margaret Beaufort is made a great heiress following the death of the Earl of Somerset. Everyone is competing to be her guardian: she brings with her the Beaufort fortune and an advantageous alliance with her uncle. In the years that follow, English rule in France collapses, Henry VI goes insane, civil war erupts and families are pitted against each other.