Join Dr Nicola Tallis as she unmasks the many myths that have attached themselves to Margaret Beaufort, the ambitious mother who was instrumental in establishing the reign of her son, Henry Tudor.

During the bloody and uncertain days of the Wars of the Roses, Margaret Beaufort was married to the half-brother of the Lancastrian king Henry VI. A year later she endured a traumatic birth that brought her and her son close to death. She was just thirteen years old. As the battle for royal supremacy raged between the houses of Lancaster and York, Margaret, who was descended from Edward III and thus a critical threat, was forced to give up her son. Join Dr Nicola Tallis as she reveals the life of an extraordinarily ambitious and devoted woman who risked everything to ultimately found the Tudor dynasty

Dr Nicola Tallis is a Tudor historian and author of four books on the period, which have been widely acclaimed. She writes regularly for magazines such as History Revealed and BBC History, appears as an expert commentator on TV and regularly guests on a range of podcasts. Her latest book has just been released in paperback, and covers Elizabeth’s turbulent route to the throne, Young Elizabeth: Princess, Prisoner, Queen.