Queens at War by Alison Weir #foliosociety from one of the contemporary

from one of the contemporary world's most incisive critical voices

colour photography throughout

Neel was able to transcend such personal tragedy as the death of her infant daughter

far darker calling than family: witchcraft

and from suppers of Cornish bouillabaisse to desserts of treacle tart and bramble and peach crumble

Queens at War by Alison Weir #foliosociety from one of the contemporaryTriumph and tragedy, love and loss, murder and malice in the lives of five fifteenth century queens. The fifteenth century was a turbulent age: the Hundred Years War between England and France, and the Wars of the Roses dominated the lives of people both inside and out of the royal courts. Joan of Navarre, Katherine of Valois, Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Wydeville and Anne Neville were the queens who stood by England's sovereigns, caught up in wars