{"product_id":"9781803992457-kingmakers-sisters","title":"The Kingmaker's Sisters","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSix Powerful Women in the Wars of the Roses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA history of the Wars of the Roses from the perspective of the women behind some of the key participants\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarwick the Kingmaker, the Earl of Warwick \u0026amp; 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. \u003c\/b\u003eThey all married powerful noblemen who fought on opposing sides during this turbulent period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Kingmaker's Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e examines the role that they played in late fifteenth-century England, as wives, mothers and homemakers, but also as deputies for their absent husbands, and how the struggle between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians affected them and their families. Scholarly but accessible, this is the first history of the Wars of the Roses to be written from this perspective, and will appeal to general readers, historians of the period and those with an interest in feminist history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40698243907681,"sku":"9781803992457","price":10.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_30143380.jpg?v=1771838779","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781803992457-kingmakers-sisters","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}