Elizabeth of York
Subtitle: a Tudor queen and her world
By: Alison Weir
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 572
ISBN-13: 9780345521361; 9780345521385
Subjects: Queens; Biography; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-552) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: "Now take heed what love may do"; title: "The most illustrious maid of York"; title: "Madame la Dauphine"; title: "This act of usurpation"; title: "The whole design of this plot"; title: "Her only joy and maker"; title: "Purposing a conquest"; title: "Our bridal torch"; title: "In blest wedlock"; title: "Offspring of the race of kings"; title: "Damnable conspiracies"; title: "Bright Elizabeth"; title: "Elysabeth ye Quene"; title: "Unbounded love"; title: "Doubtful drops of royal blood"; title: "The Spanish Infanta"; title: "Enduring evil things"; title: "The hand of God"; title: "Here lieth the fresh flower of Plantagenet"; title: "As long as the world shall endure".