Title:
Elizabeth of York : a Tudor queen and her world / Alison Weir.
ISBN:
9780345521361
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Edition:
First U.S. Edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Ballantine Books, [2013]
Physical Description:
xxxiv, 572 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Contents:
Prologue: "Now take heed what love may do" -- "The most illustrious maid of York" -- "Madame la Dauphine" -- "This act of usurpation" -- "The whole design of this plot" -- "Her only joy and maker" -- "Purposing a conquest" -- "Our bridal torch" -- "In blest wedlock" -- "Offspring of the race of kings" -- "Damnable conspiracies" -- "Bright Elizabeth" -- "Elysabeth ye Quene" -- "Unbounded love" -- "Doubtful drops of royal blood" -- "The Spanish Infanta" -- "Enduring evil things" -- "The hand of God" -- "Here lieth the fresh flower of Plantagenet" -- "As long as the world shall endure".
Summary:
A biography of the first Tudor queen, who was the only living descendent of Yorkist King Edward IV, and mother of the infamous Henry VIII, sheds new light on the life of this enigmatic woman and mother of the Tudor dynasty.
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OCLC Number:
ocn856879308
Availability:
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