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The Tudor Rose: The Story of the Queen Who United a Kingdom and Birthed a Dynasty

Book ID
126204433
Publisher
Sourcebooks, Inc
Tongue
English
Weight
627 KB
Category
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One woman holds the key to England's most glorious empire in this intimate retelling of the launch of the Tudor dynastyA magnificent portrait of Elizabeth of York, set against the dramatic background of fifteenth century England. Elizabeth, the only living descendant of Edward IV, has the most valuable possession in all of England—a legitimate claim to the crown. Two princes battle to win Britain's most rightful heiress for a bride and her kingdom for his own. On one side is her uncle Richard, the last Plantagenet King, whom she fears is the murderer of her two brothers, the would-be kings. On the other side is Henry Tudor, the exiled knight. Can he save her from a horrifying marriage to a cut-throat soldier?Thrust into the intrigue and drama of the War of the Roses, Elizabeth has a country within her grasp—if she can find the strength to unite a kingdom torn apart by a thirst for power...

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