Elizabeth Woodville - A Life: The Real Story of the 'White Queen'

by David MacGibbon

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Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV, mother of Elizabeth of York and the Princes in the Tower, and grandmother of Henry VIII, has been vilified and defended in turn. Was she a cunning enchantress, an ambitious advancer of her family's fortunes, or a courageous and tragic figure who lost husbands, brothers and sons during this turbulent period? Discover the real story of the 'White Queen'.

Born into a family of Lancastrians, the exceptionally beautiful Elizabeth captured the heart of the young Yorkist king, Edward IV, and found herself caught in the complex web of rivalries, loves and conspiracies that lay at the heart of the Wars of the Roses. She would wield immense influence as queen, watch her brother-in-law confine her sons to the Tower of London to face an unknown fate, and ultimately unite the Houses of Lancaster and York through the marriage of her daughter to Henry Tudor.
  • ISBN10 1445633132
  • ISBN13 9781445633138
  • Publish Date 15 April 2014 (first published 15 April 2013)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Amberley Publishing
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 256
  • Language English