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1430-82: The Story of Margaret of Anjou
Blood and Roses
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1430-82: The Story of Margaret of Anjou
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Blood and Roses tells the story of Margaret of Anjou (1430-82), wife of Henry VI and a key protagonist in the Wars of the Roses. This is a feminist revision of a woman frequently imagined only as the shadowy figure demonised by Shakespeare – Blood and Roses examines Margaret as a Queen unable to wield the power and authority she is capable of, as a wife trapped in marriage to a man born to be a saint and as a mother whose son meets a terrible fate she has set in motion. It is the story of a woman caught up in the pursuit of power, playing a game ultimately no one can control…
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France and England
There are many misunderstood women in history – or those who have been written into the sidelines by men or the winners of those historical events.
Margaret of Anjou is one of those women. She decides in this novel to write the version of history herself, her own story and put the facts straight as she herself experienced them herself.
Raised by her mother Isabelle and grandmother Yolande, she had two great role models as these two women were also very strong leaders who had to face up to weak husbands.
“My childhood was shaped by women, women so strong they made the men around them fade to shadows.”
Once in the royal and foreign court, she has to change her name from Marguerite to Margaret, but it’s in the court of England that she can become her own mistress and shape her own future and that of the men in her life.
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Author/Guide: Catherine Hokin Destination: London, Loire Valley Departure Time: 1430 – 1482
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