Amy Licence
Author
Publisher
Amberley
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Known to be proud, regal, and beautiful, Cecily Neville was born in the year of the great English victory at Agincourt and survived long enough to witness the arrival of the future Henry VIII, her great-grandson. Her life spanned most of the fifteenth century. Cecily's marriage to Richard, Duke of York, was successful, even happy, and she travelled with him wherever his career dictated, bearing his children in England, Ireland, and France, including...
Author
Publisher
Amberley
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Babies are born every day, but only once or twice in a lifetime a child arrives who will inherit the throne. In the summer of 2013, the nation watched as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, delivered Prince George, our future monarch. His sibling arrives in April 2015. Once again there will be predictions, expectations and a flurry of media attention around the birth but apart from the flashing cameras and internet headlines, this is nothing new. Royal...
Author
Publisher
Amberley
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Catherine of Aragon continues to fascinate readers 500 years after she became Henry VIII's first queen. Her life was one of passion and determination, of suffering and hope, but ultimately it is a tragic love story, as circumstances conspired against her. Having lost her first husband, Henry's elder brother Prince Arthur, she endured years of ill health and penury, to make a dazzling second match in Henry VIII. There is no doubt that she was Henry's...