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A review by historydragonsandmagic
Cecily by Annie Garthwaite
4.0
Before I started reading fantasy, historical fiction was my mainstay for reading. Particularly historical fiction set during the Wars of the Roses. Cecily was a person who often featured on the fringes of the stories I read and I always wanted to read a book that told her story. Cecily Neville came from a prominent noble family and after she married Richard Plantagenet, she became the Duchess of York. She was sister to the earl of Warwick and aunt to his son who played so prominently in helping Cecily’s son, Edward the IV to the throne. She was mother to the king, mother in law to Elizabeth Woodville, grandmother to the ill fated princes in the tower, grandmother to Elizabeth Tudor, the mother to Henry the VIII.
Annie Garthwaite begins Cecily’s story during the early years of marriage in France with her husband, the Duke of York and continues until her son ascends the throne as Edward the IV. At first I was disappointed that her remarkably long life was only portrayed up until that point but then I found out that there is a part two coming from Annie this year with a book called The King’s Mother and I cannot wait. Cecliy is a remarkable historical figure who deserves to have her story told when we have heard the stories of so many other of the prominent women involved in the Wars of the Roses! Move over Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Tudor and Margaret Beaufort, Cecily is here!
Annie Garthwaite begins Cecily’s story during the early years of marriage in France with her husband, the Duke of York and continues until her son ascends the throne as Edward the IV. At first I was disappointed that her remarkably long life was only portrayed up until that point but then I found out that there is a part two coming from Annie this year with a book called The King’s Mother and I cannot wait. Cecliy is a remarkable historical figure who deserves to have her story told when we have heard the stories of so many other of the prominent women involved in the Wars of the Roses! Move over Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Tudor and Margaret Beaufort, Cecily is here!