Margaret Beaufort : Survivor, Rebel, Kingmaker by Lauren Johnson

Margaret Beaufort : Survivor, Rebel, Kingmaker by Lauren JohnsonSurvivor. Rebel. Conspirator. Matriarch of a dynasty. Born into a century of conflict as the daughter of the Duke of Somerset and a descendant of Edward III, Margaret Beaufort was married at twelve, a mother and widow at thirteen, and a player in one of the most violent chapters of English history. Across three marriages and decades of civil war, Margaret endured loss, intrigue and exile yet lived to see her only son crowned Henry VII, the first Tudor

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