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 To Hold the Crown: The Story of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York (A Novel of the Tudors) $14.95 This is the first book of Jean Plaidy's Tudor novels and was originally named Uneasy Lies the Head. Both titles are very good for this book. The story takes off after the Battle of Bosworth field and we have a new dynasty in England, the infamous Tudor dynasty. While we all know about Henry VIII, his multiple wives, and his daughters we don't often hear about his father Henry VII, or his mother, Elizabeth of York and this is their story. It's said to be a romance, but it isn't really. Henry VII loves his wife in the sense that he's supposed to and he more respects her for the leg up she gives him over any true love. It's a political match, not a love match. Henry VII loves one thing, and one thing only, money. His reign is spent gathering money and making sure he's safe on the throne, and preserving said throne for his heirs. This book goes over some very important events in the reign of Henry VII, like the too uprisings of Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck. In fact quite a bit of the book is spent on the latter uprising I felt at some points took away from other things. I'd like to mention though that the book does a wonderful job going over the story of Prince Arthur and Princess Katherine. It shows the story from Henry VII and Elizabeth of York's point of view, something I've not read before. And I also like how it shows Henry's machinations after that disaster and a few others. Overall this is a very good start to the novels about the Tudors and I've read almost all of them in this series. They're well worth it.  Yale English Monarchs - Henry VII (The English Monarchs Series) $25.00 Like all the Yale series, it bored me to death. Chocked full of info that's served on the most boring platter ever made. I wanted to know more about this guy, and the book gave it to me, but it was so dryly delivered that I can't remember any of it. This book is for scholars, I hope. It has to be for someone, because being a lover of Tudor england is not enough to make it interesting. Writing this review bored me.  KING HENRY VII - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT UNSIGNED - DOCUMENT 274702 $2,999.00 [KING HENRY VII: ENGLAND]. Manuscript Document, unsigned, 1p, 12?x5?. No place, 1493 May 14. On vellum. In Latin, not translated, but an agreement relating to the "Grant of all Lands" in Flordon and Hapton in Norfolk. John Grine, John Savage and Thomas Dennok are mentioned in the docket (unknown hand) on verso. King Henry VII of England (1457-1509), who ruled from 1485-1509, was the founder and first patriarch of the Tudor Dynasty. King Henry, who had spent his early years in Brittany after Edward IV of the House of York had returned to the throne in 1471, later escaped to France after an unsuccesful attempt to return to England. He finally assumed the throne upon the death of Richard III, which eneded the Wars of the Roses between the houses of York and Landcaster. A fiscally prudent monarch, Henry VII worked to create economic prosperity in his country, and his efforts to maintain peace included signing treaties with France and the newly-united Spanish Kingdom and forming an alliance with the Holy Roman Empire. Upon his death, Henry was succeeded by his second son, King Henry VIII; his first son and heir, Arthur, Prince of Wales, had died in 1502. Creased with folds, touching two lines of writing. Lightly soiled. Another strip of paper has been woven through lower margin, which has been folded. Portion of red wax seal, which is present, has separated from this strip. Overall, fine condition for a document of its age. Contact HistoryForSale for more information |
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