To hold the crown : the story of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York / Jean Plaidy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plaidy, Jean, 1906-1993.

Contributor:

Richard Wakeman Collection of Tudor History (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Uneasy lies the head

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509--Fiction.

Henry.

Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509.

Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Fiction.

Great Britain.

Kings and rulers.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Fiction.

Biographical fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Wakeman, Rollin (donor)

Physical Description:

x, 398 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

1st Three Rivers Press ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Three Rivers Press, ©2008.

Summary:

A fictional account of the lives of the couple who founded the Tudor dynasty, Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York, describes Henry's early life in exile, his triumphant return to England and victory in the War of the Roses, and his marriage to Elizabeth of York, eldest daughter of King Edward IV, a union born of political necessity that became a true love affair.

Notes:

"Originally published as Uneasy Lies the Head in hardcover in Great Britain by Robert Hale Limited, London, and subsequently published in slightly different form by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, in 1984"--Title page verso.

"A novel of the Tudors."

ISBN:

9780307346193

0307346196

OCLC:

212855966