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A Tea Break with The Queen’s Rival

Posted on 17th April 2021

Here are the first pages of The Queen’s Rival Introducing Cecily Neville and her three youngest children A Promise of things to come … Sit with a cup of tea…

Cecily Neville’s Christmas 1461 AD

Posted on 16th November 2020

A Solemn Christmas Cecily Neville, Dowager Duchess of York, King’s Mother, made the decision in December 1461 not to celebrate Christmas and the New Year at Greenwich with her…

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The Queen’s Rival and the Wheel of Fortune

Posted on 23rd August 2020

A Short but Colourful Post! In The Queen’s Rival I make frequent use of the idea of the Wheel of Fortune in the history of Cecily Neville and the House…

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