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Elizabeth of York would have ruled England, but for the fact that she was a woman. One of the key figures of the Wars of the Roses, daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, she married Henry Tudor to bring peace to a war-torn England. In Elizabeth of York: The First Tudor Queen, Alison Weir builds a portrait of this beloved queen, placing her in the context of the magnificent, ceremonious, often brutal world she inhabited.
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April 1, 2014 -
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- ISBN: 9781471259043
- File size: 659468 KB
- Duration: 22:53:53
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- English
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AudioFile Magazine
The use of quotations and other scholarly references in nonfiction can be a challenge for both narrator and listener. With Maggie Mash narrating, though, this potential problem is no problem at all. Mash uses accents, changes in tone, and brief pauses to make the nuances of Alison Weir's text abundantly clear in this biography of Elizabeth of York, daughter of Plantagenet king Edward IV and wife of Tudor king Henry VII. As a link between the two royal houses, Elizabeth is a hugely interesting but often under-researched British queen. Weir's research is top-notch, and her insights very smart. Her work is not only supported but also enhanced by Mash's impeccable narration. J.L.K. (c) AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine -
Publisher's Weekly
October 21, 2013
Best known as the mother of Henry VIII, Elizabeth of York (1466–1503) is also the ancestor of the English, Scots, and British monarchies that commenced in 1509, 1513, and 1603, respectively. Weir (Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings) conveys how, as a royal princess, Elizabeth was a pawn in the dynastic ambitions of England’s rulers: her father, Edward IV; her uncle, Richard III; her mother-in-law, Margaret Beaufort; and her husband, Henry VII, whose claim to the English throne was inferior to her own. Betrothed to the Dauphin of France at age 11, Elizabeth was—after the death of her father in 1483—even rumored to be a possible match for Richard III, usurper of Edward V’s throne and responsible for the murder of Elizabeth’s two younger brothers. Weir, an authority on 15th- and 16th-century English history, revises some of her previous thinking regarding the fate of the princes in the Tower of London, but the major focus is Elizabeth’s life, portrayed in great detail, from marriage ceremonies and royal itineraries to the food, books, gifts, and clothing of her day. Weir argues her positions clearly and, in balancing the scholarly with emphases on Elizabeth’s emotional and psychological life, she should reach a wider audience than traditional histories. Illus. Agent: Julian Alexander, Lucas Alexander Whitley (U.K.).
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