A Birthday Giveaway of The Queen of Last Hopes

40 Comments / Uncategorized / By

It’s Margaret of Anjou’s birthday today! She was born on March 23, 1430 (or possibly March 24) in Lorraine, probably at Pont-à-Mousson or Nancy, to Rene of Anjou and his wife Isabelle, the daughter of the Duke of Lorraine. Although Margaret was the younger of Rene and Isabelle’s two surviving daughters, she was the one eventually chosen to be the bride of Henry VI, as a marriage had already been arranged for her older sister.

Older sources give Margaret’s year of birth as 1429, but C. N. L. Brooke and V. Ortenberg disproved this in an 1988 article in Historical Research entitled, “The Birth of Margaret of Anjou.”

The Battle of Towton, where Margaret’s forces were defeated on March 29, 1461, was fought just days after Margaret’s thirty-first birthday.

Anyway, in honor of Margaret’s birthday, I’m giving away two copies of my novel about her, The Queen of Last Hopes. One copy is reserved for a winner outside of North America. All you need to do to enter is leave a comment wishing Margaret a happy birthday! The giveaway ends March 28, as March 29 is a date Margaret would rather not think about. Please note whether you’re an entrant outside North America and leave an e-mail where I can contact you. Good luck!

40 thoughts on “A Birthday Giveaway of The Queen of Last Hopes”

  2. pressedposies

    Happy birthday Margaret! (Such a cool way of honouring her memory, by the way!)

    I'm from the UK, so outside North America!

    lizbetflynn(at)gmail(dot)com

    Beth

  3. crispers

    A wonderful happy birthday to Margaret! And only a few days after my own!

    I'm within North America

    This is a cool idea, thanks!

    purplegenevre(at)yahoo(dot)com

  4. Amy

    Happy Birthday, Margaret!
    No need to enter me in the giveaway … I ran out and bought this one one the first day. I am so excited for the winner to get to read such an amazing book! Thanks, Susan! 🙂

  8. faithljustice

    Happy birthday, Margaret! Finished Catherine de Medici a few months ago and was fascinated by Margaret and her daughter-in-law Margot. In the US, flj52452 at yahoo.com

  10. Wendy

    What a wonderful giveaway! Happy Birthday, Margaret of Anjou!

    Thank you for the entry!

    Wendy
    wendysfictionaddiction(at)gmail(dot)com

  13. Michelle @ The True Book Addict

    Happy birthday, dear Margaret!

    Thanks for the awesome giveaway! I'm in the U.S.
    truebookaddictATgmailDOTcom

  19. 4everQueen

    Happy Birthday Margaret! Thank you for having a b-day because this way we are getting this awesome giveaway.
    ~Bella

    Nunezbella at hotmail dotcom

  30. Carol N Wong

    Happy Birthday Margaret!

    This book is on my to buy when I can list so it would be super to win it. I already know that it is a great book. Fingers crossed!

    CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com

  31. Terry

    Happy Birthday Margaret! Please don't enter me – I just wanted to wish her a happy birthday – I bought your book on release day and loved reading it. Hopefully the winner will love your book as much as I did. Good luck everyone!

  32. Mandy

    Happy Birthday, Margaret!
    I don't need to win a copy, either – I already bought one. However, if you want to enter me, anyway, you could give me a copy of The Traitors Wife – it's your only book I don't own!

  36. Veronica

    Happy birthday Margaret. May reading the book be a good way to get to know you. 😉

    (And I live in Australia.)

  37. Antonela

    Happy birthday Margaret!
    Wow,another more March birthday party!:)

    Just read The Stolen Crown (twice) and I love it!

    I'm from outside North America;
    ela.pamic(at)gmail(dot)com

  39. SusieBookworm

    Happy (late) birthday to Margaret, and thanks for the giveaway! I'm in the U.S.

    susanna dot pyatt at student dot rcsnc dot org

  40. Karla Vollkopf

    Happy birthday, Margaret!
    I'm from outside the USA. 🙂

    kah_cherub at hotmail dot com

Comments are closed.

Scroll to Top