The Rise of the Tudors
You're Dead to Me
The War of the Roses
Paul Margaret is a victim in the War of the Roses. She becomes an extraordinary woman but at this point, she's 12 years old. Edmund is a selfish and kind of cruel,. really, in what he's going to do here. He forces her into a betrothal at the age of 9, which is horribly young. Then marries her at 12, which is too young, even by medieval standards. In fact, by that point, he has already died. He dies while she is pregnant. She is widowed and a mother by the age of 13, which is horrifically young. The damage it does to her body is horrible and lifelong. And she'll never have
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