Elizabeth of York: Forgotten Tudor Queen: The Forgotten Tudor Queen - Brossura

Licence, Amy

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ISBN 10: 1445633140 ISBN 13: 9781445633145

Casa editrice: Amberley Pub Plc, 2014

Riassunto

As Tudors go, Elizabeth of York is relatively unknown. Yet she was the mother of the dynasty, with her children becoming King of England (Henry VIII) and Queens of Scotland (Margaret) and France (Mary Rose) and her direct descendants included three Tudor monarchs, two executed queens and, ultimately, the Stuart royal family. Although her offspring took England into the early modern era, Elizabeth's upbringing was rooted firmly in the medieval world. The pivotal moment was 1485. Before then, her future was uncertain amid the turbulent Wars of the Roses, Elizabeth being promised first to one man and then another, and witnessing the humiliation and murder of her family. Surviving the bloodbath of the reign of her uncle, Richard III, she slipped easily into the roles of devoted wife and queen to Henry VII and mother to his children, and has been venerated ever since for her docility and beauty. But was she as placid as history has suggested? In fact, she may have been a deeply cultured and intelligent survivor who learned to walk a difficult path through the twists and turns of fortune. Perhaps she was more of a modern woman than historians have given her credit for.

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'Very accessible' THE HISTORIAN 'Amy Licence is a terrific writer' SUSAN BORDO, author of THE CREATION OF ANNE BOLEYN --SUSAN BORDO, author of THE CREATION OF ANNE BOLEYN

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Amy Licence has been a teacher for over a decade. She has an MA in Medieval and Tudor Studies and has published several scholarly articles on the Tudor dynasty and Richard III. Her books include Cecily Neville ('This insight is so rare and so valuable’ PHILIPPA GREGORY), In Bed With the Tudors ('A fascinating book examining the sex lives of the Tudors in unprecedented detail' THE DAILY EXPRESS), and Living In Squares, Loving In Triangles: The Lives and Loves of Viginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group. Amy has written for THE GUARDIAN, TLS, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE and appeared on BBC radio and television. She lives in Canterbury with her husband and three children.

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• Editore: Amberley Pub Plc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1445633140
• ISBN 13: 9781445633145
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 252