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Margaret of Anjou

Jacob Abbott

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Margaret of Anjou, wife of England’s Henry VI, played a key role in launching the storied War of the Roses – the 30-year civil conflict fueled by the Lancasters and the Yorks, each vying for the British throne in the 15th century.

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. . .e delivered immediately to the charge and custody of Antoine's wife, the mother of her future husband. Thus all of Isabella's children were taken away from her except Margaret. And even Margaret, though left for the present with her mother, did not escape being involved in the entanglements of the treaty. Antoine insisted that she, too, should be betrothed to one of his partisans; and, as if to make the case as painful and humiliating to Ren. . . Read More

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Jacob Abbott’s biography of Margaret of Anjou is written in simple terms, making it digestible for the reader who dislikes the stuffy textbook approach, yet at times it feels underwhelming.

To be fair to the author, he was basing his subject knowledge on what was available to him in the 1800s. Natura

Ok reading.

Margaret was crowned Queen Consort of England on 30 May 1445 at Westminster Abbey by John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury at the age of fifteen. On October 13, 1453 their son, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, was born.
Read for personal historical research. I found this work of immense inte

Margaret of Anjou

Margaret of Anjou by Jacob Abbott is an interesting book, especially to people who love by. I highly recommend it.

Margaret of Anjou was one of the most disliked queens of England. She fought for what was hers, and she was not afraid to do what it took to keep her throne. Showing up in England impoverished with nothing to show for the marriage, it did not set the tone for a successful relationship with the nobil

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