Elizabeth of York: The Last White Rose

by Alison Weir Book 1 in the Tudor Rose Trilogy series.

First published 2022

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Elizabeth of York grows up amid the collapse and restoration of her father Edward IV’s rule, the disappearance of her brothers and Richard III’s seizure of the crown. After Bosworth she marries Henry VII, joining York and Lancaster while carrying unresolved grief and dangerous loyalties into the new Tudor court. The novel follows her from Yorkist princess to queen and mother of the dynasty’s future.

Elizabeth's marriage to Henry VII ends one phase of dynastic war without erasing the loyalties that produced it. As queen she must reconcile Yorkist memory with the needs of a husband whose claim partly depends on conquest. The novel treats her motherhood, court role and relationship with surviving relatives as political acts that help convert a contested victory at Bosworth into a functioning Tudor dynasty.

Historical Periods

Yorkist England1461–1485 CE Battle of Bosworth Field1485 CE Reign of Henry VII1485–1509 CE Princes in the Tower1483 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Dynastic & Royal Fiction

Historical people

Henry VII1457–1509 Elizabeth of York1466–1503 Edward IV1442–1483 Elizabeth Woodville1437–1492 Richard III1452–1485 Margaret Beaufort1443–1509 Edward V1470–1483 Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York1473–disappeared 1483