PositiveThe Times Literary Supplement (UK)Tallis’s study of Margaret sets out \'to dispel the many myths surrounding Margaret’s life, and in their place offer a rounder, richer picture”. The result is well-evidenced analysis of a fascinating woman ... Tallis’s analysis of Margaret forms part of an important and growing area of scholarship on the significant involvement of women in fifteenth- century politics ... Tallis effectively combines this archival material with narrative sources to draw convincing inferences about her character and motivations. Margaret emerges from this compelling study as admirable and relatable, accommodating astutely to the volatile political climate and emerging from it as \'a woman of extraordinary determination and self-possession\'.