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Buy Uncrowned Queen: The Fateful Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Matriarch by Tallis, Nicola (ISBN: 9781782439929) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Uncrowned Queen: The Fateful Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Matriarch: Amazon.co.uk: Tallis, Nicola: 9781782439929: Books
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Nov 7, 2019 · “Uncrowned Queen” does not debunk myths as Tallis claims and avid Tudor history readers do not grasp much about Margaret that was not already known (there is some new information but nothing riveting or mind-blowing and rather concern logistical matters). “Uncrowned Queen” is best described as a refresher course on Margaret Beaufort.
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Aug 7, 2020 · Uncrowned Queen: the Life of Margaret Beaufort, Mother of the Tudors by Nicola Tallis is published by Basic Books and can be found at all online retailers as well as bookstores.
Smithsonian (Uncrowned Queen was listed as one of Smithsonian Magazine’s top ten history books of 2020): ‘Margaret never officially held the title of queen. But as Nicola Tallis argues … she fulfilled the role in all but name, orchestrating her family’s rise to power and overseeing the machinations of government upon her son’s ...
Nov 7, 2019 · Through Margaret's royal blood Henry was crowned Henry VII, King of England, and Margaret became the most powerful woman in England - Queen in all but name. Nicola Tallis's gripping account of Margaret's life, one that saw the final passing of the Middle Ages, is a true thriller, revealing the life of an extraordinarily ambitious and devoted woman who risked everything to ultimately found the ...
Jul 28, 2020 · Margaret’s extraordinarily close relationship with Henry, coupled with her role in political and ceremonial affairs, ensured that she was treated — and behaved — as a queen in all but name. Against a lavish backdrop of pageantry and ambition, court intrigue and war, historian Nicola Tallis illuminates how a dynamic, brilliant woman orchestrated the rise of the Tudors.
Uncrowned Queen. : Nicola Tallis. Basic Books, Jul 28, 2020 - History - 416 pages. An "impeccably researched and beautifully written" biography of Lady Margaret Beaufort, matriarch of the Tudor dynasty (Tracy Borman, author of The Private Lives of the Tudors and Elizabeth's Women). In 1485, Henry VII became the first Tudor king of England.
