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Elizabeth of York: The First Tudor Queen by Alison Weir (Hardcover, 2013)
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Elizabeth of York would have ruled England, but for the fact that she was a woman. Elizabeth is an enigma. It has been said that Elizabeth was distrusted and kept in subjection by Henry VII and her formidable mother-in-law, Margaret Beaufort, but contemporary evidence shows that Elizabeth was, in fact, influential, and may have been involved at the highest level in one of the most controversial mysteries of the age.
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Elizabeth of York would have ruled England, but for the fact that she was a woman. She is one of the key figures of the Wars of the Roses and the Tudor dynasty. In youth, she was relegated from a pampered princess to a bastard fugitive under siege in sanctuary. Yet the probable murders of her brothers, the Princes in the Tower, left her heiress to the royal House of York. In 1486, to consolidate his position after overthrowing the last Yorkist King, Richard III, at the Battle of Bosworth, Henry VII, first sovereign of the House of Tudor, married Elizabeth, thus uniting the red and white roses of Lancaster and York. The marriage was successful and produced seven children, including the future Henry VIII, who was close to her. But Elizabeth is an enigma. She had schemed to marry Richard III, the man who had deposed and killed her brothers, and his councillors clearly feared her vengeance. Yet after marriage, her ambition to be queen satisfied, a different picture emerges, as she proved herself a model consort, mild, pious, generous, fruitful and beautiful. It has often been said that she was kept in subjection by Henry VII and her powerful mother-in-law, Margaret Beaufort, who ruProduct Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139780224089814
eBay Product ID (ePID)176902849
Product Key Features
Book TitleElizabeth of York: the First Tudor Queen
AuthorAlison Weir
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages576 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height240mm
Item Width161mm
Item Weight907g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorAlison Weir
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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Really good hard back
Good book with a very good stories/ an enjoyable read. Good valueVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
