Greed. Lust. Ambition. Betrayal. Blood.
The dramatic life of Elizabeth of York.
New research has raised many questions–.
THE KING’S DAUGHTER has found the answers
Beautiful Elizabeth of York is the only English Queen to have been a wife, daughter, sister, niece and mother to English Kings, yet she remains a strangely mysterious figure. Sister to the Princes in the Tower and mother of Henry VIII, this first Tudor queen lived at the epicenter of momentous events. So why does she hover invisible and barely noted at the edge of history?
In fact, so little was known about her that her biographer, by her own admission, had to resort to novelistic techniques in order to fill in the gaps of Elizabeth’s life–the first time this was ever done!
Tudor propaganda has always claimed that Richard III murdered her brothers, the Princes in the Tower—but did he? And why is Elizabeth a mysterious figure virtually lost to history when so much is known about her husband, Henry VII, her son Henry VIII, and even her mother-in-law, Margaret Beaufort? Did the Tudors keep her captive, and why should she be a threat to them? Did she believe the Pretender, Perkin Warbeck, was really her lost brother, Richard, Duke of York–and was her husband in love with the Pretender’s wife?
In my novel, The King’s Daughter: A Novel of the First Tudor Queen, which was crafted in long discussions with a Ph.D. medievalist and based in part on cutting-edge research on the life of the Pretender who challenged Henry VII for the throne, new details emerge as Elizabeth reveals her shocking story, from her turbulent childhood during the Wars of the Roses to her reluctant—but courageous—marriage to Henry Tudor that ended the bloodshed between York and Lancaster, and made the Tudor dynasty.
And as I wrote this book, I have to tell you– Elizabeth won my heart, too. Now I turn her over to you, with affection, admiration, and deep respect for her courage, compassion, faith and sacrifice.
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February 23rd, 2009 at 5:04 am
Wow! Sounda like a great book. I really enjoy reading historical books on characters that are somewhat known but not talked about really.
March 17th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Lilly, thanks for your comment and please forgive my belated response to your post. I don’t get much chance to cruise the internet between researching, writing and promoting. Henry VIII’s mother is a bit of an engima and as she took shape for me, I found her to be nothing like what I expected. I’ve had some lovely responses to The King’s Daughter and I hope you’ll get a chance to read it. Please write me if you do. I love hearing back from my readers. Sandra
May 29th, 2009 at 8:29 am
This is one good looking, sexy theme, love it! What theme are you using?