Margaret of Anjou

BY

JACOB ABBOTT

WITH ENGRAVINGS

NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1902

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.

The Bridal Procession.

PREFACE.

The story of Margaret of Anjou forms a part of the history of England, for the lady, though of Continental origin, was the queen of one of the English kings, and England was the scene of her most remarkable adventures and exploits. She lived in very stormy times, and led a very stormy life; and her history, besides the interest which it excites from the extraordinary personal and political vicissitudes which it records, is also useful in throwing a great deal of light upon the ideas of right and wrong, and of good and evil, and upon the manners and customs, both of peace and war, which prevailed in England during the age of chivalry.

CONTENTS.

• CHAPTER PAGE

• THE HOUSES OF YORK AND LANCASTER 15
• MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE TIME 30
• KING HENRY VI 46
• MARGARET'S FATHER AND MOTHER 59
• ROYAL COURTSHIP 75
• THE WEDDING 93
• RECEPTION IN ENGLAND 115
• THE STORY OF LADY NEVILLE 125
• PLOTTINGS 143
• THE FALL OF GLOUCESTER 157
• THE FALL OF SUFFOLK 171
• BIRTH OF A PRINCE 188
• ILLNESS OF THE KING 199
• ANXIETY AND TROUBLE 207
• MARGARET A FUGITIVE 222
• MARGARET TRIUMPHANT 231
• MARGARET AN EXILE 237
• A ROYAL COUSIN 244
• RETURN TO ENGLAND 254
• YEARS OF EXILE 269
• THE RECONCILIATION WITH WARWICK 278
• BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT 285
• CHILDLESS, AND A WIDOW 292
• CONCLUSION 306

ENGRAVINGS.

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• THE BRIDAL PROCESSION Frontispiece.
• GENERAL MAP