The Stolen Crown: the Secret Marriage That Forever Changed the Fate of England
“I was curious to see his shop, and Kate in particular had a good reason for wanting to go there: Anthony had translated a book from the French, The Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers, and Caxton had printed it that November. It was released in the middle of that month, and naturally, we went to buy a copy.
The release was quite a family occasion: except for the queen, most of Anthony’s brothers and sisters, and some of their spouses and children, were crowded into Caxton’s shop when we arri...ved. I could hardly see for Woodvilles, but from the little I could tell, Caxton’s shop was a pleasing sight: the tables piled high with books, some printed by Caxton here in London, others imported from Caxton abroad.
Anthony, the man of the hour, stood in the middle of all of this, clutching a copy of The Dictes like a proud parent. “I came across this when I t h e s t o l e n C r o w n 1 9 1 was on pilgrimage to Santiago,” he explained when one of his sisters asked.
Plainly, he did not need much encouragement to expand.MoreLess
The release was quite a family occasion: except for the queen, most of Anthony’s brothers and sisters, and some of their spouses and children, were crowded into Caxton’s shop when we arri...ved. I could hardly see for Woodvilles, but from the little I could tell, Caxton’s shop was a pleasing sight: the tables piled high with books, some printed by Caxton here in London, others imported from Caxton abroad.
Anthony, the man of the hour, stood in the middle of all of this, clutching a copy of The Dictes like a proud parent. “I came across this when I t h e s t o l e n C r o w n 1 9 1 was on pilgrimage to Santiago,” he explained when one of his sisters asked.
Plainly, he did not need much encouragement to expand.MoreLess
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