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'a Stunning And Intricately Researched Portrayal Of Five Extraordinary Women Whose Stories Have Until Now Remained In The Shadows. The Author Shatters Many Of The Myths Surrounding The Lives Of Medieval Princesses And Brings Them To Life In All Their Startling Modernity.' Tracy Borman, Author Of The Private Lives Of The Tudors And Thomas Cromwell Virginal, Chaste, Humble, Patiently Waiting For Rescue By Brave Knights And Handsome Princes: This Idealized – And Largely Mythical – Notion Of The Medieval Noblewoman Still Lingers. Yet The Reality Was Very Different, As Kelcey Wilson-lee Shows In This Vibrant Account Of The Five Daughters Of The Great English King, Edward I. The Lives Of These Sisters – Eleanora, Joanna, Margaret, Mary And Elizabeth – Ran The Full Gamut Of Experiences Open To Royal Women In The Middle Ages. Living As They Did In A Courtly Culture Founded On Romantic Longing And Brilliant Pageantry, They Knew That A Princess Was To Be Chaste Yet A Mother To Many Children, Preferably Sons, Meek Yet Able To Influence A Recalcitrant Husband Or Even Command A Host Of Men-at-arms. Edward’s Daughters Were Of Course Expected To Cement Alliances And Secure Lands And Territory By

Author

Kelcey Wilson-Lee

Publisher

Pan Macmillan UK

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781760785932

Rating

4.5 / 5 (133 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14