The Woodville women : 100 years of Plantagenet and Tudor history / Sarah J. Hodder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hodder, Sarah J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Queens--England--Biography.

Queens.

Women--England--Biography.

Women.

Kings and rulers.

York, House of.

Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492.

Elizabeth.

Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503.

Kildare, Elizabeth Grey, Countess of, 1497-1548.

Kildare, Elizabeth Grey.

Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--House of York, 1461-1485.

Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603.

England.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 269 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Barnsley : Pen & Sword History, 2022.

Summary:

"Elizabeth Woodville, queen to Edward IV and mother of the Princes in the Tower. Elizabeth of York, daughter of Elizabeth Woodville and the first Tudor queen of England. Elizabeth Grey, granddaughter of Elizabeth Woodville and Countess of Kildare, whose life both in England and across the Irish sea was closely entwined with the Tudor Court.This is the tale of three generations of women, linked by their name, Elizabeth, and by their family relationship. The story begins in the reign of the great Plantagenet Kings with the life of Elizabeth Woodville and ends in the reign of perhaps England’s most famous dynasty, that of the Tudor kings and queens. Through the life of Elizabeth of York, the first Tudor queen and Elizabeth Grey, cousin to Henry VIII and Mary Tudor, we explore the Tudor court and its dealings with the Earls of Kildare. From the birth of our first Elizabeth to the death of our last, these three women lived through wars and coronations, births and deaths, celebration and tragedy and between them they experienced some of the most exciting and troubled times in English history. Mother, daughter and granddaughter: individually they each have their own fascinating story to tell; together their combined stories take us on a journey through a century of English life." -- From the publisher's website.

Contents:

Before the wars

A troubled land

Elizabeth the queen, Elizabeth the princess

All's well that ends well

The world falls apart

And then there were two queens

An end and a beginning

Taken too soon

The wilds of Ireland and the wives of England

A widow in England as Maynooth burned

An end always signals a new beginning.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781399094566

1399094564

OCLC:

1346319236

Publisher Number:

99993567808