Margaret Pole

Has anyone read Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury Loyalty LIneage and Leadership by Hazel Pierce? I'm about a third of the way through. I'm beginning to change my opinions on Margaret. Another exceeding strong woman..reminds me of MB in some ways. Happily married to Richard Pole, 'a very worthy gentleman' with a brood of children she was widowed at 31. She then after some travails, and after befriending Katherine of Aragon and daughter Mary, reached the zenith of her life..rich, living in numerous luxury homes, children successful..etc., etc. What could go possible wrong? I think she seriously misjudged Henry Vlll. Perhaps she felt honour bound after the judicial murder of her brother to pursue matters relating to property etc. but seriously treading in Henry's toes was very foolhardy, Going off in a tangent but why is the print so small in some books....?

Eileen wrote:

Has anyone read Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury Loyalty LIneage and Leadership by Hazel Pierce? I'm about a third of the way through. I'm beginning to change my opinions on Margaret. Another exceeding strong woman..reminds me of MB in some ways. Happily married to Richard Pole, 'a very worthy gentleman' with a brood of children she was widowed at 31. She then after some travails, and after befriending Katherine of Aragon and daughter Mary, reached the zenith of her life..rich, living in numerous luxury homes, children successful..etc., etc. What could go possible wrong? I think she seriously misjudged Henry Vlll. Perhaps she felt honour bound after the judicial murder of her brother to pursue matters relating to property etc. but seriously treading in Henry's toes was very foolhardy, Going off in a tangent but why is the print so small in some books....?

Doug here:

Sounds like another book to put on reading list!

I imagine the small print is in order to save money on printing costs? Especially if the subject matter is likely to appeal only to a small-ish audience?

Doug

Eileen wrote: I got a used copy from Ebay at a reasonable price Doug. But yes definitely a good read. Doug here: I haven't used Ebay much, but it appears I'm going to have to. Thanks again for the suggestions (book and Ebay), Doug
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I see the answer back from the society is a no sadly.  Well onwards and upwards I suppose.  My worry is how will new members be attracted now the direct link from the society website will be going?  

I wonder if the Society would allow an announcement on its Facebook page? with an occasional reminder. Or failing that, annoucements on some of the other Facebook pages devoted to Richard III.

A J

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 10:09 AM, cherryripe.eileenb@... [] <> wrote:

I see the answer back from the society is a no sadly. Well onwards and upwards I suppose. My worry is how will new members be attracted now the direct link from the society website will be going?

Eileen wrote: Doug your welcome. Booksearch is always a good way to go as well if you didn't know of it already, Sometimes you can get books cheaper than even Amazon..the problem now being with Amazon is you no longer get free postage unless you spend £20. Also with eBay you can make an offer if it's secondhand. That is how I got my Coronation of RIchard lll the Extant Documents, I could never have afforded it otherwise. Doug here: I hadn't heard of Booksearch, so thank you for that! I haven't used either Amazon or Ebay much but, what with the cost of some of the volumes I want that's likely to change! Doug
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Amazon uk have a minimum postage-free order of £10 for books and £20 for other things J

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Got a personal message inside Paul..from the authors to someone who helped them with their research...

Amazon uk have a minimum postage-free order of £10 for books and £20 for other things J

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Got a personal message inside Paul..from the authors to someone who helped them with their research...

Pamela wrote: "Henry and I spent hours in London and Paris haunting book stores, and somewhere in Britain is a small town packed with books, the name escapes me." Is it Hay-on-Wye, Wales? Their book festival - Hay-on-Wye.co.uk - is May 25 - 4 June, this year. I just Googled and found some of the most amazing photos of books imaginable. Sounds like Heaven - a tour of the Marches followed by a burial in books.
www.NanceCrawford.com
KING'S GAMES: The Commentaries
http://amzn.to/1VvKiHV

That is it!!! Love the description……

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Pamela wrote: "Henry and I spent hours in London and Paris haunting book stores, and somewhere in Britain is a small town packed with books, the name escapes me."

Is it Hay-on-Wye, Wales? Their book festival - Hay-on-Wye.co.uk - is May 25 - 4 June, this year. I just Googled and found some of the most amazing photos of books imaginable. Sounds like Heaven - a tour of the Marches followed by a burial in books.

www.NanceCrawford.com
KING'S GAMES: The Commentaries
http://amzn.to/1VvKiHV

HIlary...I understand it is 1st May...it's very sad isn't it? I hope there is a plan b...shall we just continue postIng..forum will need to be renamed? Will we need a new link? Hopefully Neil will let us know.

To all:
Just a quick note to say that I will put something out soon but the Forum will stay exactly as it is and there will not be any significant changes.
Regards,
Neil

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HIlary...I understand it is 1st May...it's very sad isn't it? I hope there is a plan b...shall we just continue postIng..forum will need to be renamed? Will we need a new link? Hopefully Neil will let us know.