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A l s o b y A n n e E a s t e r S m i t h

A Rose or the Crown

Daughter o YorkTe Kings Grace


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Queen by Right

Anne Easter Smith

A Touchstone Book

Published by Simon & Schuster

New York London Toronto Sydney


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For my sister Jill,

another courageous and fercely loyal woman


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Dramatis Personae x

Te Plantagenets rom 1377 xvTe Nevilles xv

England and France in the Early Fiteenth Century xv

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P A R T O N E

A gracious lady!

What is her name, I thee pray tell me?

Dame Cecille, sir.

Whose daughter was she?

O the Earl o Westmorland, I trowe the youngest,

And yet grace ortuned her to be the highest.

F R O M A F I F E E N H - C E N U R Y B A L L A D ,

A N ON Y MO U S


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