Highly recommend. A very good read. I have picked it up three or four times over the years since 1975 publication, and always find new stuff to research.
ISBN: 978-0-7531-8042-6 (hb)
ISBN: 978-0-7531-8043-3 (pb)
--There is a wonderful glossary in the back, with amazing words for colours in pageantry.
The Lancaster tree looks easy to read, but like any family, and more so when wrapped in power and influence, the complications within it are drama, tragedy and comedy all wrapped up and sieved through liking and 'honour.' 😇Hello @ravenruis and I realize this is an old post, but after my comments and your replies here, I was talking with someone else about author's, and I remembered a connection. You don't have to of course, but I do recommend a book by Georgette Heyer of fame writing comedies of Regency England. Her very last book, unfinished by her passing was collated and finished by her husband and her publisher. It is not Regency nor comedy (well some, but I've a weird sense) but an historical called My Lord John. The most trusted brother of Henry V. From Richard II, it gives an internal view into the intricacies of being a part of House Lancaster. (1393 - 1435)
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Thank you, I will follow up on the book and see if my library stocks it. :)
I've delved into the Lancaster tree (and others) for genealogy research - some of it would make your eyes cross lol, but that's the aristocracy for you. :D
Yep, some younger than 12 don't die of first born, then have six or seven more and marry again because when married at eleven the husband might have been fifty.