Margaret of Anjou

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Abbott Jacob. Margaret of Anjou

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. The Houses of York and Lancaster

CHAPTER II. Manners and Customs of The Time

CHAPTER III. King Henry VI

CHAPTER IV. Margaret's Father and Mother

CHAPTER V. Royal Courtship

CHAPTER VI. The Wedding

CHAPTER VII. Reception in England

CHAPTER VIII. The Story of Lady Neville

CHAPTER IX. Plottings

CHAPTER X. The Fall of Gloucester

CHAPTER XI. The Fall of Suffolk

CHAPTER XII. Birth of a Prince

CHAPTER XII. Illness of the King

CHAPTER XIV. Anxiety and Trouble

CHAPTER XV. Margaret a Fugitive

CHAPTER XVI. Margaret Triumphant

CHAPTER XVII. Margaret an Exile

CHAPTER XVIII. A Royal Cousin

CHAPTER XIX. Return To England

CHAPTER XX. Years of Exile

CHAPTER XXI. The Reconciliation with Warwick

CHAPTER XXII. Bitter Disappointment

CHAPTER XXIII. Childless, and a Widow

CHAPTER XXIV. Conclusion

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The story of Margaret of Anjou forms a part of the history of England, for the lady, though of Continental origin, was the queen of one of the English kings, and England was the scene of her most remarkable adventures and exploits. She lived in very stormy times, and led a very stormy life; and her history, besides the interest which it excites from the extraordinary personal and political vicissitudes which it records, is also useful in throwing a great deal of light upon the ideas of right and wrong, and of good and evil, and upon the manners and customs, both of peace and war, which prevailed in England during the age of chivalry.

Map, Illustrating the History of Margaret of Anjou.

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Henry is sent into banishment.

But just before the signal was to be given for the combat to begin, the king interrupted the proceedings, and declared that he would decide the question himself. He pronounced both the combatants guilty, and issued a decree of banishment against both. Henry submitted, and both prepared to leave the country. These transactions, of course, attracted great attention throughout England, and they operated to bring Henry forward in a very conspicuous manner before the people of the realm. He was in the direct line of succession to the crown, and he was, moreover, a prince of great wealth, and of immense personal influence, and so, just in proportion as Richard himself was disliked, Henry would naturally become an object of popular sympathy and regard. When he set out on his journey toward the southern coast, in order to leave the country in pursuance of his sentence, the people flocked along the waysides, and assembled in the towns where he passed, as if he were a conqueror returning from his victories instead of a condemned criminal going into banishment.

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