![]() Although I have read one of her novels, Innocent Traitor, this is the first of her biographies I’ve read and I was very impressed. This new biography, Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World, explores Elizabeth’s life and her historical significance.Īlison Weir is an author of both historical fiction and non-fiction. Despite all of this, Elizabeth is not usually given as much attention as other figures of the period. ![]() She was the sister of the two young princes who it is believed may have been murdered in the Tower of London, she married the first Tudor king, Henry VII, who defeated her uncle Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, and she was also mother to another king, Henry VIII. ![]() As the eldest daughter of King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville (the alternate spelling of Wydeville is used in this book), Elizabeth lived during one of the most turbulent periods of English history, the Wars of the Roses. Elizabeth of York’s story is a fascinating one. ![]()
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