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Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville : A True Romance by Amy Licence (2016, Hardcover)

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When the tall, athletic Edward of York seized the English throne in 1461, he could have chosen any bride he wanted. With his dazzling good looks and royal lineage, the nineteen-year-old quickly got a reputation for womanising, and few were able to resist his charm and promises. For three years he had a succession of mistresses, while foreign princesses were lined up to be considered for his queen. Then he fell in love.The woman who captured the king was Elizabeth Woodville, a widow five years his elder. While her contemporaries and later historians have been divided over her character, none have denied her beauty. She had previously been married to a Lancastrian knight who had lost his life fighting against the Yorkists. When she petitioned the king to help restore her son's inheritance, reputedly waiting for him under an oak tree, the young Edward was immediately spellbound. But this romance was not to be just another fling. Conscious of her honour and her future, Elizabeth repelled his advances. Edward's answer was to make her his wife. It was to prove an unpopular decision.Since then, Edward's queen has attracted extreme criticism, her story and connections reported by hostile chroniclers, her actions interpreted in the bleakest of lights. In this enlightening book, Amy Licence reassesses the tumultuous lives of the real White Queen and the king she captivated.

Lc Classification Number
Da258
Reviews
This book tells the story of their lives in detail, as well as adding useful insights on love, romance and marriage in medieval England, and the contemporary court and household, against the ever-present background of the end of the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of the Roses.
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2016-302396
Dewey Decimal
942.0440922
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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