In his biography Richard the Third, Paul Murray Kendall praises Anthony Woodville (as far as Kendall could bring himself to praise a Woodville) by first cataloging his family’s supposed vices. He writes, “Anthony Woodville’s father was a rapacious adventurer . . . His brother Lionel was a type of their father in the gown of …
I’m always up to reading a historical novel about the Wars of the Roses, especially when I can find the elusive one that doesn’t deal in the usual stereotypes (Good Yorkists, Bad Lancastrians. Saintly Richard III, Evil Woodvilles). So I was pleased to read this novel by S. R. Bridge, published by Hale in 1976. …
Here’s another Woodville mini-biography I’ve posted on my website: By far the least known brother of Elizabeth Woodville is Richard, who eventually became the third Earl Rivers. Richard seems to have been the second oldest Woodville brother. Cora Scofield in her biography of Edward IV refers to his having been pardoned in 1462 for his …
As I mentioned earlier, I’ve been posting mini-biographies of the various Woodville family members on my website. Here’s the latest: John Woodville, described as being age 20 in 1465, was probably the second or third of Elizabeth Woodville’s brothers. John is notorious, of course, for marrying Katherine Neville, Duchess of Norfolk, a wealthy widow well …
As I come along with my novel in progress, I’m going to be adding short biographies of members of the Woodville family to my website. Here’s the starting entry: Richard Woodville’s father, also Richard, had been chamberlain to John, Duke of Bedford, a younger son of Henry IV. The younger Richard was knighted in 1426. …
OK, OK, I admit it, having been on a research binge lately, I’ve been slacking off in the blog department. So I’m posting this both here and on the Unromantic Richard III blog. As I mentioned earlier, I’ve been working on a novel about Katherine Woodville, wife of Henry Stafford, the Duke of Buckingham who …