Peek Over Our Shoulders What Rioters Are Reading On December 17, 2015

Peek Over Our Shoulders What Rioters Are Reading On December 17, 2015 In this feature at Book Riot, we give you a glimpse of what we are reading this very moment. Here is what the Rioters are reading today (as in literally today). This is what’s on their bedside table (or the floor, work bag, desk, whatevskis). See a Rioter who is reading your favorite book? I’ve included the link that will take you to their author archives (meaning, that magical place that organizes what they’ve written for the site). Gird your loins â€" this list combined with all of those archived posts will make your TBR list EXPLODE. We’ve shown you ours, now show us yours; let us know what you’re reading (right this very moment) in the comment section below! Liberty Hardy   Marrow Island by Alexis M. Smith (June 7, 2016, HMH): Smith’s novel Glaciers is one of my favorite books, and I could not be more excited for this if I swallowed a cat and broke out in kittens. (e-galley) The Girl Who Slept with God by Val Brelinski: I’m trying to catch up on a few 2015 releases I think I should read before the year is over. Rebecca loved this one, so I’m in. (hardcover) Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga by Pamela Newkirk: The true story of a man who was kidnapped and forced to be a human zoo exhibit. It’s horrifying, but I can’t look away. (hardcover) The Nest by Cynthia DAprix Sweeney (March 22, 2016, Ecco): I can’t pass up a funny dysfunctional family novel, and this one is getting great reviews. (galley) Jessica Pryde About a Girl by Sarah McCarry. I have been hearing so much of this from Book Riot folks that I saw it pop up on the new books at the library and immediately put it on hold. (library hardcover) Starstruck by LA Witt. I am hopping all around the Bluewater Bay as books show themselves to me. So what if its out of order? (ebook) Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older. I have had this book for months. MONTHS. It was time. And its awesome. (hardcover) These Vicious Masks by Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas. I also hopped into this one because of chatter amongst rioters. It is living up to it! (egalley) Jessica Woodbury The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee: I do not like much historical fiction, but this book is like The Count of Monte Cristo with circuses, opera, mutes, intrigue, affairs, brothels, and so much more and I cannot stop. (e-galley, February from HMH) NW by Zadie Smith: I managed to miss this one when it came out, and it’s a great choice for audio, full of different accents, plus Smith’s writing which moves from lyrical to street in moments. (Audiobook, Scribd) Zainab Williams   The Wilds by Julia Elliot: I am smitten with Julia Elliot. Ive been looking for a book of short stories I would love as much as Lorrie Moores Birds of America and Im so glad I found a collection in the speculative fiction genre. Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff: This is where I begin my deep dive into Book Riots Best of 2015 list. Ive heard so much about Fates and Furies, it seems shameful to finish 2015 without reading it. Christy Childers Shopaholic to the Rescue by Sophie Kinsella: Because ever since I lightened up enough to enjoy the Shopaholic books, I’ll read pretty much anything Sophie Kinsella writes. (Galley) Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari: Because Aziz Ansari makes me laugh and also makes me think. (Audiobook) Jamie Canaves   Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan: Immediately grabbed me from the beginning as two Jesuit priests, a forensic anthropologist and a psychologist, are trying to stop a serial killer. (egalley) In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd by Ana Menéndez: Fantastic collection which explores the immigrant experience in Miami, mostly Cuban-Americans, through linked short stories. (Paperback) The V-Word: True Stories About First-Time Sex by Amber J. Keyser (anthology): I’ve always been obsessed with human behavior so naturally I didn’t think twice about wanting to read an anthology about virginitywell, losing it. So far every essay/story I’ve read has been excellent and there are so many different voices/experiences. (egalley) The Blue Line by Ingrid Betancourt: Historical fiction and magical realism written by a fascinating woman. (egalley) Jeanette Solomon   My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins: One a night because obviously. (hardcover) Scarlet by Marissa Meyer: Getting a jump on my 2016 reading goal, which is to wade through the piles (and piles) of books and ebooks on my shelves/ereader. (ebook) Lost Stars by Claudia Gray: It’s almost time for Star Warsssss! (hardcover) Karina Glaser   The Turner House by Angela Flournoy: Met the author at Book Riot Live and finally got the book off the library hold list. (Library Hardcover) Number the Stars by Lois Lowry: Been on my TBR for years, and now I finally have it and I can’t put it down. (Library Paperback) Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling: Because Mindy Kaling is amazing! (Library Hardcover) E.H. Kern   Lavinia by Ursula le Guin: Ursula le Guin’s novel from the point of view of Lavinia, the woman around whom the conflict of Vergil’s poem The Aeneid revolves. In the poem, Lavinia is only mentioned a few times and she never speaks. Here, le Guin has given her a voice. This is a beautifully written novel. So beautiful that I want to absorb it through osmosis rather than merely read it. Tasha Brandstatter   Master Flea by ETA Hoffmann: A Christmas-y classic I’d never heard of before, by the man who brought the world The Nutcracker. (audiobook) The Viscount Who Lived Down the Lane by Elizabeth Boyle: One of my friends loved it, it was on sale, and it doesn’t have the word duke in the title. (ebook) Derek Attig   Smoke by Dan Vyleta: The book is structured by such a strikingly weird conceit that I couldn’t resist. And I’m not disappointed at all. (egalley) Eric Smith   The Girl Who Fell by Shannon M. Parker: I’m halfway through this book, and let me tell you, it is fantastic. What starts off as a seemingly cute contemporary love story takes a dark turn into obsession, as one teen’s innocent swooning and whirlwind romance transforms into stalking. It’s a slow burn that keeps building and building, and becomes quite impossible to put down. I tore through the first half in a single day. (ARC) The Love That Split The World by Emily Henry: Time travel! Romance! Football? I’ve been warned by bookish Twitter that this was a novel that might break my heart, and I’m afraid it’s going to be one of those. I’m halfway through this sci-fi contemporary romance mashup and it is just delightful. One to watch in 2016, you guys. (ARC) Nicole Froio   Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta: Just started this book and I am slowly getting into it. My edition has a foreword written by Emecheta and she says she wrote this book because reviewers were disputing her Nigerian immigrant story curious to see how she responded in the form of a book. Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness: I finally read the first book of this series the other day and loved it. Can’t wait to read the next book. Aram Mrjoian   Tenth of December by George Saunders: I’ve been hearing rave reviews of this collection for the past two years, so when I found it on sale at Unabridged Books for $5 I had to pull the trigger (it’s been well worth it). (paperback) In Short: A Collection of Brief Creative Nonfiction, edited by Judith Kitchen and Mary Paumier Jones: A few pieces from this collection are assigned to complement the “very short fiction” class I am taking next quarter. (used paperback) Kate Scott   Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain: My first audiobook in a looong time, and it’s so good. (Audiobook) Jessica Tripler   If I Was Your Girl, by Meredith Russo: this one is lighting up the Book Riot back channel, and for good reason. A YA romance with a transgender woman as a main protagonist, this is not about her transition, but follows her as she makes her way towards adulthood in a small Tennessee town as she falls in love for the first time. Bonus: the author and cover model are both trans women. (ARC) The King’s Man, by Elizabeth Kingston: Nicholas Boulton is so fantastic that I think I could actually re-read my teenage diaries if he narrated them. But what makes The King’s Man so enjoyable is the story. Set in thirteenth century Wales (nary a Scot in sight!) among the intrigues of a bid for independence from England, Ranulf, the eponymous and tortured king’s man, gets caught up with Gwenllian and her men. Yep, she’s a warrior queen. Very emotionally intense and dark, with a slow burn romance reminiscent of Laura Kinsale, I am loving every second of this one. (Audiobook) Kim Ukura   Winter by Marisa Meyer: With all good television on hiatus, I’ve been flying through the entire Lunar Chronicles quartet on audiobook. So fun. (Audiobook) Me, My Hair, and I edited by Elizabeth Benedict: I’m on board for a collection of essays by women about the complex relationship we can have with our hair. (Paperback) Nikki Steele   Radiance by Catherynne Valente: I needed a fantastical, atmospheric novel for the end of the year. Valente always delivers. (Audiobook) Rachel Smalter Hall   Troublemaker by Leah Remini: I asked my fellow Rioters if they would just tell me the highlights so I could skip Remini’s new Scientology tell-all, but they all loved it so much that I had to listen to it myself. (Audio) The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1 by Ryan North and Erica Henderson: funniest, pluckiest, most bestest superhero of all time! (Trade paper, library) The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante: I finished the first book this summer, and now I’m ready to find out what happens to Lila and Lenù in the second installment. (Paperback, library) Claire Handscombe   Come to the Edge by Christina Haag:  Its been a long time since Ive read this favourite of mine that I keep recommending, and when I was browsing through my Audible books on a recent long flight I decided to give it a go in that format. Happy to say that its every bit as good as I remembered, and the audio is fantastic its read by the author herself, and she does a wonderful job. This time round, too, I can picture many of the locations she describes, so its nice to close my eyes and conjure them in my memory while she reads to me about them. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides:  I started this forever ago, then I moved to the US for my MFA and suddenly had other books I had to read, and this one fell by the wayside for a long time. But I was suddenly inspired to pick it back up, and am really enjoying it and appreciating far more post MFA than I would have before. Slightly freaky is the previously-unknown-to-me fact that its (fictional) protagonists were in the same class at Brown as the (real) Christina Haag, whose book I had just been listening to the section about Brown, in fact when I picked up The Marriage Plot to start it again. As for  Me… The Upward Spiral by Alex Korb, PhD: This is a book about neuroscience and how it relates to depression. Someone close to me suffers from depression and recommended this book to me to help understand what they are going through, and to be able to help support them. Its fascinating. Its a book that anyone with a brain can relate to you dont have to suffer from depression to get something useful from this book. It is an overview of how the brain works (written in a very readable way), and also offers very useful suggestions about how to have a healthy brain and mental state. Save

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Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt Essay - 1901 Words

Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt Throughout the ages there have been many great leaders. These leaders are powerful in many ways, with a strong control over the people, and a place in history. But who would have guessed that two cousins would be some of the greatest government figures ever? Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt, both American presidents, both American Heroes. Without these dignitaries, the American advancement into the present day would be incomplete and/or impossible. They gave people hope through hard times and the spirit to protect their country and one another. â€Å" S p e a k s o f t l y†¦ C a r r y a b i g s t i c k † Theodore â€Å"Teddy† Roosevelt was born into a rich New York family in 1858. His†¦show more content†¦In 1904 Roosevelt was re-elected for a second term in office. In 1906, he passed the Pure Food and Drug act. This group of laws protected American consumers from harmful food, drugs, and cosmetics. Roosevelt took advantage of his presidential powers to bust into foreign affairs in Latin America and resolved the Russo- Japanese war. This valiant act earned him a Nobel Peace Prize. Roosevelt felt strongly about trade throughout the world. In 1904 the Isthmus of Panama was first broken by American shovel. After months of negotiation, the Latin American government allowed the creation of the Panama Canal. The U.S. military and other volunteers did most of the work. But because of Yellow Fever and Malaria , few workers returned. In 1914 the Canal Zone was finished and for the first time the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans were flowing together. As Roosevelt’s second term was coming to an end, he picked William Howard Taft as his successor. Taft preached his ideas to the public, criticizing Roosevelt in his speeches. Roosevelt, hearing about his partner’s insulting speeches, broke from the Republican’s and formed a third party which he called the Progressive Party. 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Surgical Care Practitioner Dissertation Guide Free Essays

The following article is a guide on how to approach a dissertation about surgical care practitioners. This would be helpful for students looking to gain a perspective in the subject. Background Since its introduction there has been much hostility towards the new professional role of the surgical care practitioner (SCP) within the surgical community. We will write a custom essay sample on Surgical Care Practitioner Dissertation Guide or any similar topic only for you Order Now However as the outlook of the NHS is rapidly being modified and European influence in the form of the European Workforce Team are being directed and beginning to have effect in the UK, it is evidently proving to have a huge impact on the UK workforce [1]. The introduction of the SCP role was created to alleviate the problems of unsustainable turnover and training of doctors. The role o SCPS both complements the government’s commitment to enhancing career opportunities within the field of healthcare and also develops a flexible training framework that is built on the competence of individuals’ rather than fixed traditional roles such those of doctors and nurses [1]. The SCP role is considered to be a nationally transferable role (NTR), a number of new roles, which emerged to reduce the waiting times across the UK. Consequently four groupings were created consisting of 30 new roles; amongst them the SCP is part of the â€Å"Advanced practitioner† group [2][3]. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust reveal the cost savings of some advanced practitioner roles which have for â€Å"each half-day session stated as saving ?10k per year in consultant time†. Additionally, the time saved by the consultant can be diverted to increased surgery time [3]. References [1] Kneebone. R New professional roles in surgery. Would be effective in selected surgical settings and can offer benefits. BMJ 2005; 330:803–4 [2] Skills for health. Impact of Nationally Transferable Roles on Productivity – Building an Evidence Base, March 2010 [3] http://www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/rethinking-roles-and-services/national-transferable-roles/advanced-practitioner.aspx General Structure When was the SCP role introduced within the UK and why What can the SCP do in the operating theater (OT) What evidence is there of time/cost efficiency thus far(E.g. cost of training, patient care, effects on surgeons etc) Has the introduction of the SCP role reflected a great deal of improvement within the OT and if so – evidence to back this up. What is the future for this new and emerging role within the NHS across the UKHave attitudes changedWhat are the effects on other professionals, which traditionally take up this role How to cite Surgical Care Practitioner Dissertation Guide, Essays

The Ultimate Goal of a Customer-Oriented Organization Is to Maximize Its Customer Satisfaction Essay Example

The Ultimate Goal of a Customer-Oriented Organization Is to Maximize Its Customer Satisfaction Paper The ultimate goal of a customer-oriented organization is to maximize its customer satisfaction. This topic is about the relation between the profit of a customer-oriented organization and its customer satisfaction. â€Å"The customer is KING. †. It heralds the emergence of new business paradigms that will keep pace with a world rapid changing under the impact of development. The following word will show what are the changes of marketing, what is the customer satisfaction, why the customer satisfaction is important, what is the customer-oriented organization, how to be a customer-oriented organization using the knowledge of marketing. Marketing is an organization function and a set of processes for creasing, communication, and delivering value to customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders. (David L. Kurtz Boone 2010, Principles of contemporary marketing PP7) Marketing creates form, time, place, and ownership utilities. Formproduction of the good, driven by the marketing function; Timemake product available when customers want to buy the product; Placemake product available where customers will buy the product; Ownership (Possession) once you own the product, do what you want with it. (http://www. udel. du/alex/chapt1. html, 16-11-2010) Marketing has been a part of business; its importance has varied greatly. Marketing has four eras in the history: the production era, the sales era, the marketing era, and the relationship era. The production era: The prevailing attitude of this era held that a high-quality product would sell itself before 1925. The sales era: In this era, fir ms attempted to match their output to the potential number of customers who would want it in about the 1920s to 1950s. The marketing era: Marketing concept is company-wide consumer orientation with the objective of achieving long-run success. We will write a custom essay sample on The Ultimate Goal of a Customer-Oriented Organization Is to Maximize Its Customer Satisfaction specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now We will write a custom essay sample on The Ultimate Goal of a Customer-Oriented Organization Is to Maximize Its Customer Satisfaction specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer We will write a custom essay sample on The Ultimate Goal of a Customer-Oriented Organization Is to Maximize Its Customer Satisfaction specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer The relationship era: This era in the history of marketing emerged during the final decade of the 20th century and continues to grow in importance. Relationship marketing involves developing long-term, value-added relationships over time with customers and suppliers. (David L. Kurtz Boone 2010, Principles of contemporary marketing PP9-11) Now the main era is still in the marketing era. Marketing does not occur in a vacuum. The marketing environment consists of external forces that directly or indirectly impact the organization. We have some environmental forces: societal, political, economic, competitive, and technology. Societal Forces: Pressure to create laws Since marketing activities are a vital part of the total business structure, marketers have a responsibility to help provide what members of society want and to minimize what they dont want. Societal forces pressure political forces to create legal forces governed by regulatory forces. Political Forces: Forces in the marketing environment that are shaped by elected (and sometimes appointed) officials that impact the decisions made by a business organization. Government officials can enact laws that could cause serious harm to specific business sectors. For example, a state that passes laws prohibiting off-shore drilling would dramatically affect oil drilling companys business outlook. Through environmental scanning a business looks at these political forces that might affect them in the short and long term. Economic forces: Marketers may need to adjust their marketing mix as the economy passes through different stages. (http://www. udel. edu/alex/chapt3. tml, 16-11-2010) Customer-oriented organization is one that allows the wants and needs of customers and potential customers to drive all the firms strategic decisions mind is that has the business philosophy incorporating the marketing concept that emphasizes first determining unmet consumer needs and then designing a system for satisfying them. Today, the marketing era is also the most important era, although it has had four eras. The organizations build on the marketing era’s customer orientation by focusing on establishing and maintaining relationships with both customers and suppliers. http://www. wordiq. com/definition/Marketing_orientation, Marketing orientation– Definition, 16-11-2010) Marketing mixing is a framework which helps to structure the approach to each market. The mix is a bundle of variables which are offered to the customer. These include the product or service itself and the price which should be charged. In 1960 Jerome McCarthey presented the 4Ps to the world. Produ ct: This means the products or services quality, the functions, the features and benefits of its design plus packaging, guarantees and level of after-sales service. Choices can be made about any of these aspects. Price: It includes recommended prices to end-user customers, distributors trade prices, cash discounts, bulk discounts, terms of credit. Place: It means where and when the customer buys and consumes the product or service. Place is sometimes referred to as the marketing channels, physical distribution, logistics or location. Promotion: It means the promotions mix or the communications mix. This mix includes advertising, sales promotions, publicity, direct mail, exhibitions, display, packaging, selling and even word-of-mouth. Customer satisfaction, a business term, is a measure of how products and services supplied by a company meet or surpass customer expectation. It is seen as a key performance indicator within business. (http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Customer_satisfaction, Wikipedia, 18-11-2010) Customer lifetime value: This phrase relates to a very simple concept. Every interaction you have with a customer should be done on the basis that their value to you is the total of all the purchases they will ever make, not that one sale. For example your most valuable customers are probably not those who make the biggest purchases, they are the ones who come back again and again. This way of thinking also allows you to consider marketing approaches that do not require you to make back he cost of acquiring a customer in a single sale; The cost of acquisition: It has been demonstrated that it is up to 20 times more expensive to acquire a new customer than it is to keep an existing one. A traditional sales approach can be likened to pouring new customers into a bucket with a hole in the bottom-the weaker your levels of customer retention the larger the hole. http://www. saferpak. com/csm_articles/Customer%20satisfaction_%20loyalty%20and%20profit. pdf, Customer satisfaction, loyalty and profit. understanding the links between service and the bottom line, 16-11-2010) Excellent service organizations intensively study the key drivers of people who use their products. Key drivers are the needs, wants, and expectations that a re most important to customers, and they should be part of the organization’s knowledge base. The best way to learn these key drivers is to continually and carefully study customers. Many managers think they understand the factors that contribute to customer satisfaction and intent to return. Most times, however, management’s perception does not represent the customers’ point of view, creating a disconnect between what managers think consumers prefer and what consumers actually want. (http://onlinesuccesscentre. com/tag/key-drivers-of-customer-satisfaction/, â€Å"Customer Relationship Management. 8 Common goals for a CRM Program. What are Key Drivers Of Customer Satisfaction? 18-16-2010) There are three steps to build customer relationships: Determine mutually satisfying goals between organization and customers; Establish and maintain customer rapport; Produce positive feelings in the organization and the customers. (http://www. businessballs. com/crmcustomerrelationshipmanagement. htm,18-11-2010 ) The organization should build up a â€Å"Customer-Centric Business Structure†: Customer segments that the organization wants to excel and dominate; the unique value targeted customers receive through our products and services; the critical few things that must be done well to deliver the customer value; basic building blocks to enable the creation of such critical capabilities. http://doc. mbalib. com/view/24c1de252959a991d26e421ea6a464b6. html,16-11-2010) Customer service deals with a wide range of practices used by businesses to make their customers satisfied. These practices can range from polite and friendly service to going the extra mile to ensure satisfaction is achieved. Many businesses, especially smaller ones, refer to this as the key factor in the development and success of their business. Companies that strive on developing these techniques always prosper over their competitors. There are four benefits of an effective customer relation management strategy: The organization increases profit. Business studies tell that the longer the company keeps a customer, the more money it will make in the long run. This is due to the fact, that customers always spent a little money in a new business relationship, and a lot more – when the business deals are running smoothly. The organization will survive in a competitive market. Effective customer service has grown in business for staying. With an increasing globalization, faster competition and a fast running technology and the reducing of trade barriers, competition is fierce. There are several suppliers around the world, eager to make business and to snatch your customers and the opportunity to satisfy customers. If you do not deliver to the customers – you will not survive. The organization will reach a higher

The title of my essay is Campaign Finance Reform.

The title of my essay is Campaign Finance Reform. Having tight regulations for campaign finances is the best way for running campaign finances. This is true in that it would reduce the corrupting role of unlimited contributions, reduce the effort required to raise funds, but unregulated campaign finances also have their benefits.Firm rules for campaign finances would reduce the corrupting role of unlimited contributions. This would be done by increasing individual contribution limits, so that it would reduce the time candidates spend raising money. Also, it would allow more small donors of money back into politics to voice their opinion. Moreover, it would raise the limit to $3,000, which just alters the $1,000 limit for 25 years of inflation. It would give improved chance for all candidates to get their messages through.Another benefit of having a strict system for campaign finances is that it would reduce the effort required to raise funds. This would cause the candidates to be more concerned with the issues than the money they ha ve to raise.FinancesAlso, this would give candidates opportunities to compete against rich adversary's funding their own campaigns. Likewise, it would make available indispensable responsibility of political campaigners to the electorate. Finally, it would help in reducing large donors in campaigns.However, it does seem that unregulated campaign finance also has its benefits. Such as, soft money would not be banned allowing there to be no corrupting, because it is between a candidate and their political party. Also, it would give challengers the ability to raise the money they need to build up a triumphant campaign. In addition, regulating campaign finances is like restricting the First Amendment for political parties and their candidates. Furthermore, political affairs and political campaigns belong to the people, and not the candidates or the national government.In conclusion, restricted campaign finances are very beneficial in that it diminishes the corrupting role of limitless d onations, decrease the endeavor necessary to increase money for a campaign; however, a loose system for campaign finance also has benefits. Also, a restricted structure for campaign finance would make our political system healthier and better.

Margaret Pole, Tudor Matriarch and Martyr

Margaret Pole, Tudor Matriarch and Martyr Margaret Pole Facts Known for:  Her family connections to wealth and power, which at some times of her life meant she wielded wealth and power, and at other times meant she was subject to great risks during great controversies.   She held a noble title in her own right, and controlled great wealth, after she was restored to favor during the reign of Henry VIII but she became embroiled in the religious controversy over his split with Rome and was executed on Henry’s orders. She was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in 1886 as a martyr.Occupation:  Lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon, manager of her estates as Countess of Salisbury.Dates:  August 14, 1473 – May 27, 1541Also known as: Margaret of York, Margaret Plantagenet, Margaret de la Pole, Countess of Salisbury, Margaret Pole the Blessed Margaret Pole Biography: Margaret Pole was born about four years after her parents had married, and was the first child born after the couple lost their first child on board a ship fleeing to France during the Wars of the Roses.   Her father, Duke of Clarence and brother to Edward IV, switched sides several times during that long family battle over the crown of England.   Her mother died after giving birth to a fourth child; that brother died ten days after their mother. When Margaret was only four years old, her father was killed in the Tower of London where he was imprisoned for rebelling again against his brother, Edward IV; rumor was that he was drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine.   For a time, she and her younger brother were in the care of their maternal aunt, Anne Neville, who was married to their paternal uncle, Richard of Gloucester. Removed From the Succession A Bill of Attainder disinherited Margaret and her younger brother, Edward, and removed them from the line of succession.   Margaret’s uncle Richard of Gloucester became king in 1483 as Richard III, and reinforced young Margaret and Edward’s exclusion from the line of succession.   (Edward would have had a better right to the throne as son of Richard’s older brother.) Margaret’s aunt, Anne Neville, thus became queen. Henry VII and Tudor Rule Margaret was 12 years old when Henry VII defeated Richard III and claimed the crown of England by right of conquest.   Henry married Margaret’s cousin, Elizabeth of York, and imprisoned Margaret’s brother as a potential threat to his kingship. In 1487, an imposter, Lambert Simmel, pretended to be her brother Edward, and was used to try to gather a rebellion against Henry VII.   Edward was then brought out and displayed briefly to the public.   Henry VII also decided, about that time, to marry the 15-year-old Margaret to his half-cousin, Sir Richard Pole. Margaret and Richard Pole had five children, born between about 1492 and 1504: four sons and the youngest a daughter. In 1499, Margaret’s brother Edward apparently tried to escape from the Tower of London to take part in the plot of Perkin Warbeck who claimed to be their cousin, Richard, one of the sons of Edward IV who had been taken to the Tower of London under Richard III and whose fate was not clear.   (Margaret’s paternal aunt, Margaret of Burgundy, supported Perkin Warbeck’s conspiracy, hoping to restore the Yorkists to power.) Henry VII had Edward executed, leaving Margaret as the sole survivor of George of Clarence. Richard Pole was appointed to the household of Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII and Prince of Wales, heir apparent.   When Arthur married Catherine of Aragon, she became a lady-in-waiting to the princess.   When Arthur died in 1502, the Poles lost that position. Widowhood Margaret’s husband Richard died in 1504, leaving her with five young children and very little land or money. The king financed Richard’s funeral. To help with her financial situation, she gave one of her sons, Reginald, to the church.   He later characterized this as abandonment by his mother, and bitterly resented it for much of his life, although he became an important figure in the church. In 1509, when Henry VIII came to the throne after his father’s death, he married his brother’s widow, Catherine of Aragon. Margaret Pole was restored to a position as lady-in-waiting, which helped her financial situation. In 1512, Parliament, with Henry’s assent, restored to her some of the lands that had been held by Henry VII for her brother while he was imprisoned, and then had been confiscated when he was executed.   She also had restored to her the title to the Earldom of Salisbury. Margaret Pole was one of only two women in the 16th century to hold a peerage in her own right. She managed her lands quite well, and became one of the five or six wealthiest peers in England. When Catherine of Aragon gave birth to a daughter, Mary, Margaret Pole was asked to be one of the godmothers. She served later as a governess to Mary. Henry VIII helped provide good marriages or religious offices for Margaret’s sons, and a good marriage for her daughter as well.   When that daughter’s father-in-law was executed by Henry VIII, the Pole family fell out of favor briefly, but regained favor.   Reginald Pole supported Henry VIII in 1529 trying to win support among theologians in Paris for Henry’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon. Reginald Pole and Margarets Fate Reginald studied in Italy in 1521 through 1526, financed in part by Henry VIII, then returned and was offered by Henry the choice of several high offices in the church if he would support Henry’s divorce from Catherine. But Reginald Pole refused to do so, leaving for Europe in 1532.   In 1535, England’s ambassador began suggesting that Reginald Pole marry Henry’s daughter Mary. In 1536, Pole sent Henry a treatise which not only opposed Henry’s grounds for divorce – that he had married his brother’s wife and thus the marriage was invalid – but also opposing Henry’s more recent assertion of Royal Supremacy, power in the church in England above that of Rome. In 1537, after the split from the Roman Catholic Church proclaimed by Henry VIII, Pope Paul II created Reginald Pole – who, though he had studied theology extensively and served the church, had not been ordained a priest – Archbishop of Canterbury, and assigned Pole to organize efforts to replace Henry VIII with a Roman Catholic government.   Reginald’s brother Geoffrey was in correspondence with Reginald, and Henry had Geoffrey Pole, Margaret’s heir, arrested in 1538 along with their brother Henry Pole and others. They were charged with treason.   Henry and others were executed, though Geoffrey was not.   Both Henry and Reginald Pole were attainted in 1539; Geoffrey was pardoned. Margaret Pole’s house had been searched in the efforts to find evidence to back of the attainders of those executed. Six months later, Cromwell produced a tunic marked with the wounds of Christ, claiming it had been found in that search, and used that to arrest Margaret, though most doubt that. She was more likely arrested simply because of her maternal connection to Henry and Reginald, her sons, and perhaps the symbolism of her family heritage, the last of the Plantagenets. Margaret remained in the Tower of London for more than two years. During her time in prison, Cromwell himself was executed. In 1541, Margaret was executed, protesting that she had not taken part in any conspiracy and proclaiming her innocence. According to some stories, which are not accepted by many historians, she refused to lay her head on the block, and guards had to force her to kneel. The axe hit her shoulder instead of her neck, and she escaped the guards and ran around screaming as the executioner chased her with the axe. It took many blows to finally kill her – and this botched execution was itself remembered and, for some, considered a sign of martyrdom. Her son Reginald described himself afterwards as â€Å"son of a martyr† – and in 1886, Pope Leo XIII had Margaret Pole beatified as a martyr. After Henry VIII and then his son Edward VI had died, and Mary I was queen, with the intention to restore England to Roman authority, Reginald Pole was appointed papal legate to England by the Pope. In 1554, Mary reversed the attainder against Reginald Pole, and he was ordained as a priest in 1556 and finally consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1556. Background, Family: Mother: Isabel Neville  (September 5, 1451 - December 22, 1476)Father: George, Duke of Clarence, brother of king Edward IV and of Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III)Maternal grandparents: Anne de Beauchamp  (1426-1492?), wealthy heiress, and Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (1428-1471), known as the Kingmaker for his roles in the Wars of the RosesPaternal grandparents:  Cecily Neville  and Richard, Duke of York, heir to King Henry VI until Henry’s son was born, and regent for the king during his minority and during a later bout of insanityNote: Cecily Neville, Margaret’s paternal grandmother, was a paternal aunt of Margaret’s maternal grandfather, Richard Neville. Cecily’s parents and Richard’s grandparents were Ralph Neville and  Joan Beaufort; Joan was the daughter of John of Gaunt (a son of Edward III) and  Katherine Swynford.Siblings: 2 who died in infancy and a brother, Edward Plantagenet (February 25, 1475 - November 28 , 1499), never married, imprisoned in the Tower of London, impersonated by Lambert Simnel, executed under Henry VII Marriage, Children: Husband: Sir Richard Pole (married 1491-1494, perhaps on September 22, 1494; supporter of  Henry VII). He was a half-cousin of the first Tudor king, Henry VII; Richard Pole’s mother was a half-sister of  Margaret Beaufort, Henry VII’s mother.Children:Henry Pole, a peer at the trial of  Anne Boleyn; he was executed under Henry VIII (a descendant was among those who killed King Charles I)Reginald Pole, a cardinal and papal diplomat, last Roman Catholic Archbishop of CanterburyGeoffrey Pole, who went into exile in Europe when accused of conspiracy by Henry VIIIArthur PoleUrsula Pole, married Henry Stafford, whose title and lands were lost when his father was executed for treason and attainted, restored to a Stafford title under Edward VI. Books About Margaret Pole: Hazel Pierce. Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, 1473-1541: Loyalty, Lineage and Leadership. 2003.