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    Virgin Widow: England's Forgotten Queen (Paperback) By (author) Anne O'Brien

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    Short Description for Virgin WidowEngland, 1469. A daughter of Warwick the Kingmaker, Anne Neville cannot dictate her own future. But at the age of fourteen, her father's treason forces her into exile, and into an uneasy betrothal with Edward of Lancaster. Edward is completely controlled by his powerful mother, Margaret of Anjou.
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    Penny Cunningham I really enjoyed this book "Virgin Widow" by Anne O'Brien about Anne Neville the future Queen of Richard III. She came from a very wealthy family with close connections to the royal family. The only downside being her father the Earl of Warwick is a traitor to the crown and is hell bent on bringing down Edwards Yorkist crown!
    As a young girl in 1469 living in a time when young men of position are fostered out to high ranking families to learn to be gentlemen and Squires, she falls in love with Richard of Gloucester just such a young man. She is betrothed to Richard and is overjoyed to be marrying someone she loves, but her father's scheming brings the families destruction and the betrothal is dissolved.
    The family have to flee for their lives to France and the court of king Louis. Warwick makes a pact with an old enemy Margaret of Anjou to go back to England and fight for the throne.
    This is when Anne as the only child not yet married is betrothed to Margaret of Anjou's son Edward Lancaster an extremely handsome prince with no feeling for anyone except himself and his mother. When the marriage takes place very much against Anne's own wishes Margaret forbids the consummation of the marriage until England is "won," but really with a plan to get rid of her when things are better for them! As Edward is totally under his mothers thumb he goes along with her much to Anne's mortification.
    Anyway Warwick sails for England and battle for the throne, he succeeds to a certain degree and the family set sail back to England. However Warwick and Edward of Lancaster are killed and the family is captured.
    Anne once again becomes a pawn in political intrigue and is betrayed by her sister Isabel and her husband Clarence, who happens to be Richard of Gloucester's brother, Richard is still in love with Anne and determined to win her back. This is a beautiful love story and just shows how women in these times were used against their wishes for all sorts of political gain, married to men they hated made to hand over their bodies, their wealth, and positions, to men that had no right to any of it for political bargaining.
    As I said earlier I really enjoyed this book, very easy to read and exciting as it lurched from one surprise to another. by Penny Cunningham

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