"Waiting On" Wednesday: Elizabeth of York

Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World
by Alison Weir

Ballantine Books

Release date: December 3, 2013

From Amazon:

Many are familiar with the story of the much-married King Henry VIII of England and the celebrated reign of his daughter, Elizabeth I. But it is often forgotten that the life of the first Tudor queen, Elizabeth of York, Henry’s mother and Elizabeth’s grandmother, spanned one of England’s most dramatic and perilous periods. Now New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir presents the first modern biography of this extraordinary woman, whose very existence united the realm and ensured the survival of the Plantagenet bloodline.

I am a huge British history nerd, and some might say that I'm mildly obsessed with the Wars of the Roses.   When "The White Queen" series debuted on the Starz network I thought my boyfriend might have to give me CPR, I was that excited.  While I prefer to read novels, aka semi-fictional retellings of the era, I like to give a good biography a go every now and then.  I do own some of Alison Weir's books but I haven't read any of them yet.  I think that Elizabeth of York is a particularly interesting player during this period because she really was a political pawn; allied with York, then sold to the new conquering Tudor king to unify the country and hopefully bring some peace.  As mother to Henry VIII and grandmother to Elizabeth I, she had to have been a pretty extraordinary lady.  This one will definitely be on my Christmas wishlist.

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