Succession Trilogy
My Magnum Opus !
The Succession Trilogy took nine years to write!
Following the career of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, the Wars of the Roses and the shift from the Plantagenet to the Tudor Kings.
Succession
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Succession is the first of a trilogy about the Wars of the Roses, and specifically about Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, and of the Tudor dynasty.
Married three times by the age of fourteen, Margaret Beaufort gave birth to her only son at the age of thirteen. She lived through the reigns of six kings and the period of civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York. During this time she moved from being a pawn to a player.
Succession uses extracts from original sources, (chronicles, letters, ballads), to help to recreate the history of the 15thcentury as it was lived at the time.
‘Has the colour and power of the best of the chronicles she uses.’
The Sunday Times
Accession
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Accession continues the story of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry Tudor. It begins after the Battle of Tewkesbury, when Henry has gone into exile in Brittany.
As part of her campaign to get him back safely into England, Margaret arranges her own fourth marriage to Thomas Stanley, King of Mann. In order to save herself and her son she has to resort to extreme measures…
As with the other two novels, Accession features Chronicle extracts and excerpts from other original documents to illustrate the dramatic story of Henry Tudor’s rise to power.
‘Michael paints the middle ages in spare and elegant prose’
New York Times
Rebellion
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Separated from her son in his infancy, Margaret Beaufort takes increasingly dangerous steps to get him back.
Meanwhile, another Margaret, Margaret of Anjou battles to reclaim the kingdom for her son.
Rebellion tells Margaret Beaufort’s story from the Battle of Towton (1461) to the Battle of Tewkesbury (1471), and the fall of the House of Lancaster.
Chronicle extracts and excerpts from other original documents present the evidence of the time.Rebellion tells Margaret Beaufort’s story from the Battle of Towton (1461) to the Battle of Tewkesbury (1471), and the fall of the House of Lancaster.
Chronicle extracts and excerpts from other original documents present the evidence of the time.
‘Fine taut writing that packs an emotional punch.’
The Times