Margaret Pole the Countess in the Tower
Of the many executions ordered by Henry VIII, surely the most horrifying was that of sixty-seven-year-old Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, hacked to pieces on the scaffold by a blundering headsman. From the start, Margarets life had been marred by tragedy and violence: her father, George, Duke...
| Main Author: | Higginbotham, Susan (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Stroud :
Amberley,
2017.
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