Produced by D. Alexander, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been maintained.] MAKERS OF HISTORY MARGARET OF ANJOU by JACOB ABBOTT WITH ENGRAVINGS NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1902 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. [Illustration: The Bridal Procession.] PREFACE. 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. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. THE HOUSES OF YORK AND LANCASTER 15 II. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE TIME 30 III. KING HENRY VI 46 IV. MARGARET'S FATHER AND MOTHER 59 V. ROYAL COURTSHIP 75 VI. THE WEDDING 93 VII. RECEPTION IN ENGLAND 115 VIII. THE STORY OF LADY NEVILLE 125 IX. PLOTTINGS 143 X. THE FALL OF GLOUCESTER 157 XI. THE FALL OF SUFFOLK 171 XII. BIRTH OF A PRINCE 188 XIII. ILLNESS OF THE KING 199 XIV. ANXIETY AND TROUBLE 207 XV. MARGARET A FUGITIVE 222 XVI. MARGARET TRIUMPHANT 231 XVII. MARGARET AN EXILE 237 XVIII. A ROYAL COUSIN 244