Jun 2, 2026 · 41 min · 12 segments
Cecily Neville, Margaret Beaufort, Marguerite of Anjou and Elizabeth Woodville - were these the real brains behind the Wars of the Roses? Critically acclaimed historical novelist Annie Garthwaite…
Annie GarthwaiteGuestHostHost[upbeat music] I'm really excited to welcome Annie Garthwaite to Mad about History, our Discover Britain podcast.
Um, she's an acclaimed historical novelist, and she's about to take part in the inaugural Tewkesbury History Festival, um, which is taking place, I think it's the 18th of June it starts.
Um, and you're gonna be leading a talk called Mothers in War: The Women of the Wars of the Roses, um, which sounds very exciting.
Um, and this is obviously something that you know quite a lot about because you've written, well, now two books, I think just two, about, um, Cecily Neville, that's right, isn't it?
Yes.
And Cecily begins in about 1431, and it's really sort of the build-up to the Wars of the Roses, and talks in particular about Cecily.
And then, um, the second book is really the heartland of the Wars of the Roses.
Yes.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And then we see an awful lot more of the other great women of the Wars of the Roses.
Mm.
And it's, it's just a period of history and a bunch of women [laughs] that I've been obsessed with-
That's the best bit
No, that, that is the best bit of history.
[upbeat music] I'm really excited to welcome Annie Garthwaite to Mad about History, our Discover Britain podcast.
Um, she's an acclaimed historical novelist, and she's about to take part in the inaugural Tewkesbury History Festival, um, which is taking place, I think it's the 18th of June it starts.
Um, and you're gonna be leading a talk called Mothers in War: The Women of the Wars of the Roses, um, which sounds very exciting.
Um, and this is obviously something that you know quite a lot about because you've written, well, now two books, I think just two, about, um, Cecily Neville, that's right, isn't it?
Yes.
And Cecily begins in about 1431, and it's really sort of the build-up to the Wars of the Roses, and talks in particular about Cecily.
And then, um, the second book is really the heartland of the Wars of the Roses.
Yes.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And then we see an awful lot more of the other great women of the Wars of the Roses.
Mm.
And it's, it's just a period of history and a bunch of women [laughs] that I've been obsessed with-
That's the best bit
No, that, that is the best bit of history.
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