Author: alicehoffmans

Why do you think Richard III took the throne instead of ramining lord protector for his nephew?

I mean officially, because that one dude (a…bishop?) said Edward and Elizabeth’s marriage was invalid because he had already been married… is my understanding.

Unofficially my best guess is that, given that the memory of Henry VI as a boy and his mother as de facto ruler (and how well that’s gone over) was scarcely faded, and given that Elizabeth Woodville was still at large (and he’d executed her brother. so…) aaaand given Richard’s age, title, experience, his own son, his marriage, and his support in the north, he thought he was a better candidate for king than either of his nephews.

(Might’ve gotten this timeline wrong– my apologies if so, I’m not well-versed in this subject)

Opinion on Mary I?

I’m glad the abbreviation trend has not caught on for her on here; because ‘M1’ sounds like a spacecraft.

I wish she had been married sometime around 17… I think her upbringing made it impossible for her to ever be able to accept not being able to run her own household or a demoted position (not when she was an adult, at any rate); had an annulment of her parents’ marriage been granted earlier, her own marriage might have been made more possible and her title would have likely remained the same.

I’m so sorry, I read the book and that was the impression I got of Henry. I didn’t mean to trick you or anything like that, I just read the book and thought Henry was much kinder than I was used to, he let Anne do her thing, and gifted her with the opportunity to make a poor house to see how well it worked etc. I’m really sorry that it fell flat for you, and that it wasn’t money well spent. i think Kindle might have a seven day return policy?

No; it was a recommendation I got a while ago that I acted on. I didn’t spend any money on this one I just did a free preview, no worries. x.