BLOOD SISTERS: THE WOMEN BEHIND THE WARS OF THE ROSES
Book ID/图书代码： 11701213B60670
English Summary/英文概要： We know how the Wars of the Roses ended - with Richard III’s body under a Leicester car park - but this is a thrilling history of the extraordinary noblewomen who lived through the battles and bloodshed.
The events of the Wars of the Roses are usually described in terms of the men involved: Richard Duke of York, Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III and Henry VII. But these years were also packed with women’s drama and – in the tales of conflicted maternity and monstrous births – alive with female energy.
In this completely original book, Sarah Gristwood sheds light on a neglected dimension of English history: the impact of Tudor women on the Wars of the Roses. She examines, among others, Cecily Neville, who was deprived of being queen when her husband died at the Battle of Wakefield; Elizabeth Woodville, the commoner who married Edward IV in secret; Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, whose love and ambition for her son knew no bounds.
Until now, the lives of these women have remained little known to the general public. Sarah Gristwood tells their stories in detail for the first time. Captivating and original, this is historical writing of the most important kind.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 我们都知道玫瑰战争的结局——理查德三世的尸体在莱斯特停车场地底挖出，但这是关于一个经历过战争和流血的非凡贵妇，激动人心的历史故事。
玫瑰战争事件通常都是从涉及的男人的角度来描述：理查德·约克公爵，亨利六世，爱德华四世，理查德三世和亨利七世。但是那些年也挤满了妇女的戏剧 - 冲突的产假和怪异出生的故事 - 充满着女性能量。
在这本原创书里，莎拉.格里斯特伍德(Sarah Gristwood) 揭示了英国历史上被忽略的地方：都铎王朝的女性对玫瑰战争的影响。她研究了多位女性，其中包括塞西莉·内维尔(Cecily Neville)——当她的丈夫战死在韦克菲尔德之战时，她被剥夺了女王权利；伊丽莎白·伍德维尔(Elizabeth Woodville)——一个和爱德华四世秘密结婚的普通人； 玛格丽特·博福特(Margaret Beaufort)——亨利七世的母亲，她对儿子的爱和野心没有止境。
到现在为止这些妇女的生活依然鲜为人知。莎拉.格里斯特伍德第一次告诉大众她们生活的细节，这是迷人的而且新颖的，也是最重要的一种历史写作。(LNL & CK)
Awards/获奖情况：“在这本宝石般的书里，她毫不费力的编织了七个皇室女人戏剧性，又常常是悲惨的生活。如果你想在今年的圣诞节送自己一本历史书，那就买这本吧。这是一本我希望是我写的书。“—艾莉森·威尔，年度图书，《BBC历史杂志》
”令人愉悦的以及非常生动。。。一种不同的方式来看待这个复杂的时代，格里斯特伍德用相当的技巧编织了这个故事。。。具有很强的可读性。“—《阅读评论》
”格里斯特伍德成功的唤起了这些妇女的生活，而且这样做给玫瑰战争带来了一个新的受欢迎的角度。非常认同这个故事。“—丹·琼斯，《星期日泰晤士报》
"格里斯特伍德用灵敏的方式写出《亲姐妹》，远远超过了任何一个时代的叙事。这是一个对中世纪女王的探索。。。对这个血腥的时代做出一个引人入胜的描述，也包括着当时所有的心碎和胜利的故事。。。像一个精心编织的挂毯，相关的证据被搜集，然后小心的编织起来。格里斯特伍德在感官细节上，如白鼬，布金，西班牙皮革和紫色天鹅绒做出非常优秀的调查。”—《观众》
"In this gem of a book, she effortlessly weaves the dramatic, often tragic, lives of seven royal women…If you treat yourself to one history book this Christmas, make it this one. It’s the book that I wish I had written."－ Alison Weir, Books of the Year, BBC History Magazine
"Entertaining and vividly drawn … A different way of looking at this complex period and Gristwood weaves the story with considerable skill … highly readable"－ Literary Review
"Gristwood successfully evokes the lives of all these women, and in doing so brings a new and welcome perspective on the Wars of the Roses…very agreeable narrative"－ Dan Jones, Sunday Times
"Gristwood’s sensitive approach marks out Blood Sisters as much more than the narrative of an age. It is an exploration of what it was to be a medieval queen… A compelling portrait of this bloody age, complete with the heartbreak and triumphs that went with it… Like a delicately woven tapestry, threads of evidence have to be gathered and pulled together with care. Gristwood does an excellent job of examining in sensory detail the impact of ermines, cloths of gold, Spanish leather and purple velvet."－ Spectator
About the Author/作者介绍： 莎拉.格里斯特伍德(Sarah Gristwood)出生在肯特，在牛津大学的圣安妮学院读英语。她曾经为《卫报》，《每日电讯报》，《独立》，《邮件》，《新政治家杂志》和《帝国杂志》写作。她写了《Arbella：England’s Lost Queen》，成为《星期日泰晤士报》的最畅销作家。她和影评人德里克·马尔科姆(Derek Malcolm)结婚，并生活在伦敦和肯特。
SARAH GRISTWOOD was born in Kent and read English at St Anne’s College, Oxford University. She has written for the ‘Guardian’, the ‘Telegraph’, the ‘Independent’ and the ‘Mail’ and for magazines including the ‘New Statesman’ and ‘Empire’. The author of Sunday Times bestseller, Arbella: England’s Lost Queen, is married to film critic Derek Malcolm and lives in London and Kent.
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