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Following the tremendous success of her first novel, innocent traitor, which recounted the riveting tale of the doomed lady jane grey, acclaimed historian and new york times bestselling author alison weir turns her masterly storytelling skills to the early life of young elizabeth tudor, who would grow up to become englands most intriguing. Weir has already produced biographies of elizabeth i, henry viii and eleanor of aquitaine, all better known. Library of congress cataloginginpublication data weir, alison. Elizabeth of york by alison weir overdrive rakuten. She is the author of numerous works of history and historical fiction, specialising in the medieval and tudor periods.
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