CONTENTS

Introduction

1    John Talbot

2    Margaret Beauchamp

3    Lord Shrewsbury

4    Brothers, Sisters, Cousins

5    Eleanor’s Childhood

6    Lord Sudeley

7    Elizabeth Norbury

8    Thomas Boteler

9    The Botelers’ Wider Family

10  Married Life

11  Widowhood

12  Edward IV

13  Disillusion

14  Corpus Christi

15  Mount Carmel

16  The Widville ‘Marriage’

17  Death

18  Aftermath

19  Eleanor and the Historians

20  Eleanor’s Body

Timeline

Appendix 1: Documentary Evidence – Summary

Appendix 2: Eleanor in Fiction

Appendix 3: What Makes a Lady?

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgements