Daughter of York

by Anne Easter Smith Book 2 in the York Family Novels series.

First published 2008

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Margaret of York grows up amid the victories and reversals that place her brother Edward IV on the English throne. The novel imagines a secret attachment to Anthony Woodville, brother of Queen Elizabeth, but dynastic policy sends Margaret to marry Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. In the wealthy and politically exposed Burgundian court, she learns to act as duchess, diplomat and protector of Yorkist interests while negotiating Charles’s ambitions and Louis XI’s hostility. Her private longing and public authority develop together, turning an arranged marriage into a study of how a royal woman could exercise influence across England, Burgundy and the Low Countries.

Historical Periods

Burgundian State1363–1477 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Dynastic & Royal Fiction Romance

Historical people

Edward IV1442–1483 Elizabeth Woodville1437–1492 Margaret of York1446–1503 Charles the Bold1433–1477 Louis XI of France1423–1483 Mary of Burgundy1457–1482 Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Riversc. 1442–1483