Table of Contents
Dramatis Personae ix
Timeline xix
Introduction 1
Prologue 9
Part 1
1 Noble Blood 13
2 Of Singular Wisdom 25
3 A Marvellous Thing 39
4 At War Together in Wales 51
5 My Good and Gracious Prince, King and Only-Beloved Son 59
Part 2
6 Lady Stafford 69
7 Like a Fugitive 81
8 A Long Gown for my Lord 95
9 Divine Prophecy 105
10 Heaven Protects him Who has no Burial Urn 115
11 Grace and Favour of the King's Highness 125
12 A Boar with his Tusks 137
13 The Head of that Conspiracy 147
14 Mother of the King's Great Rebel and Traitor 159
15 The Priceless Crown 171
Part 3
16 My Lady the King's Mother 181
17 Preservation of Your Most Noble and Royal Estate 199
18 Too Much for my Hand 213
19 The Right Noble Puissant and Excellent Princess 229
20 My Godly Mistress, the Lady Margaret 241
21 Right Royal and Pleasantly Beseen 249
22 In Everything Like to the Queen 259
23 Nos Margareta 267
24 A Woman Most Outstanding 279
Epilogue: The Tudor Legacy 291
Author's Note 299
Notes on Sources 301
Abbreviations 305
Select Bibliography 307
Notes and References 329
Acknowledgements 371
Index 373