Plantagenet Princess, Tudor Queen: The Story of Elizabeth of York
She was the mother of Henry VIII and wife of Henry VII, but who was Elizabeth of York? Raised as the precious eldest child of Edward IV, Elizabeth had every reason to expect a bright future until Edward died, and her life fell apart. When Elizabeth's uncle became Richard III, she was forced to...
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She was the mother of Henry VIII and wife of Henry VII, but who was Elizabeth of York? Raised as the precious eldest child of Edward IV, Elizabeth had every reason to expect a bright future until Edward died, and her life fell apart. When Elizabeth's uncle became Richard III, she was forced to choose sides. Should she trust her father's brother and most loyal supporter or honor the betrothal that her mother has made for her to her family's enemy, Henry Tudor? The choice was made for her on the field at Bosworth, and Elizabeth the Plantagenet princess became the first Tudor queen. Did Elizabeth find happiness with Henry? And did she ever discover the truth about her missing brothers, who became better known as the Princes in the Tower?
Lose yourself in Elizabeth's world in Plantagenet Princess, Tudor Queen. This novel has been selected by the Historical Novel Society as an Editors' Choice and long-listed for the 2016 HNS Indie Award.
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Format: audiobook
ASIN: B01HZWL8GA
Publish date: 2016-07-06
Publisher: Samantha Wilcoxson
Edition language: English
Series: Plantagenet Embers (#1)
The end. The end was beautiful. I'm just going to go cry in a corner now. I don't even have my football team to console me today. Maybe I can go bake my feelings.
Read by Rachael Beresford Series: Plantagenet Embers #1 (not really a series but anyway) Basically this is a fictionalized biography of Elizabeth of York. I hadn’t realized there were so few historical fiction books centering on Elizabeth of York because I had actually read another book about he...
[WARNING: Seriously long review ahead; I just couldn't help myself. – Also, I've appended spoiler tags for good measure, but the vast majority of events mentioned in this review are a matter of historic record.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And here I prophesy: this brawl to-day,Grown to this...