The first comprehensive biography in three decades on Margaret Beaufort, the mother of King Henry VII. Traversing the Wars of the Roses and the founding of the Tudor dynasty, this book examines Margaret's life from the perspective of a woman who lived through one of the most tumultuous periods in English history.

A comprehensive biography of the mother of Henry VII. A gripping account of Beaufort's life, overturning prior popular conceptions of Beaufort.