Blood Sisters

Name: Blood Sisters
Rating: 4.3 (536 reviews)

by Sarah Gristwood

First published 2012

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Blood Sisters retells the Wars of the Roses through the royal and aristocratic women whose marriages, households, inheritances and maternal ambitions shaped the conflict. Sarah Gristwood follows Margaret of Anjou, Cecily Neville, Margaret Beaufort, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth of York, Anne Neville and Margaret of York as they navigated deposition, sanctuary, widowhood and shifting dynastic allegiance.

The book shows that these women were not simply prizes exchanged between rival houses. They raised money and armies, protected heirs, negotiated marriages, preserved family claims and helped determine how the Yorkist and Lancastrian struggle ended. By bringing their connected lives into one narrative, Gristwood reveals the conflict as a family war in which political power frequently depended on female networks and the survival of children.

Historical Periods

Wars of the Roses1455–1487 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Dynastic & Royal Fiction Historical Sagas

Historical people

Elizabeth of York1466–1503 Elizabeth Woodville1437–1492 Margaret Beaufort1443–1509 Margaret of Anjou1430–1482 Margaret of York1446–1503 Anne Neville1456–1485 Cecily Neville, Duchess of York1415–1495