“No female weakness harbour’d there”: Epic Reframing of the Notorious Queen in Margaret Holford’s Margaret of Anjou: A Poem by Okaycan Dürükoğlu

“…Margaret of Anjou was the wife of Henry VI of England and she has always been regarded as one of the most bloodthirsty queens of England as a result of her decisions and actions in the Wars of the Roses. Although the Queen had a notorious reputation for centuries, Holford did not contribute to this negative image of her and she attributed positive qualities to Queen Margaret’s character by tailoring her as an epic hero. …”
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