The Kingmaker's Sisters: Six Powerful Women in the Wars of the Roses

by David Baldwin and David Baldwin

Book Overview

Warwick the Kingmaker, the Earl of Warwick & Salisbury whose wealth and power was so great that he could effectively decide who would rule England during the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487), had six sisters: Joan, Cecily, Alice, Eleanor, Katherine and Margaret. They all married powerful noblemen who fought on opposing sides during this turbulent period. The Kingmaker's Sisters examines the role that they played in late fifteenth-century England, as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750950765
• ISBN13: 9780750950763
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.