![]() Throughout the book, Elizabeth asks herself questions that show how few choices she has as a woman living in a time when women were valued for beauty, fertility and fortune. ![]() The facts of Elizabeth’s life make for exciting reading. This novel is based on extensive historical research from Alison Weir’s non-fiction book about Elizabeth of York. Elizabeth of York is “the ancestress of every English monarch since 1509, every Scottish monarch since 1513 and every British monarch since 1603.” Alison Weir is a passionate historian and the author of many historical fiction books and non-fiction history books. In the author’s note, Alison Weir explains Elizabeth of York’s historical importance. Time after time she is caught up in betrayal from those close to her and endures the deaths of those she loves most. ![]() Elizabeth faces much hardship and terror as the War of Roses plays out in her lifetime. The reader follows three-year-old Elizabeth, daughter of Edward lV, niece of Richard lll, from her dramatic flight to sanctuary in the hallowed ground of Westminster Abbey through a turbulent childhood and adolescence to her death as Queen Consort of Henry Vll. What is it possible to do when you are born a royal woman in a time of misogyny and war? Alison Weir explores this question in Elizabeth of York: The Last White Rose. ![]()
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