tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post3415682481188431566..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: Elizabeth of York - Mother of a DynastyDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-5738525530226216922015-01-28T03:58:07.923-08:002015-01-28T03:58:07.923-08:00"It was at this time that rumours emerged of ..."It was at this time that rumours emerged of a relationship between Richard and his niece" actually no. the only rumor was that Richard was thinking of marrying her, and that maybe she could have been agree with this idea. back then, marriage was not for love or for romantical feelings. only political. so there was no rumor of a relationship between them at all. on the contrary : Richard was planning to wed a Princess in Portugal and to marry Elizabeth to a Prince of the same counrty.<br />And for what i read in plenty of biographies about EoY, she and Henry had a good and happy marriage --even loving like the historian Thomas Penn said it. Henry's reaction to her death is pretty clear. And the love poem she wrote about Henry as well. So i think they fell in love step by step :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-7421905212929101192015-01-27T13:18:29.601-08:002015-01-27T13:18:29.601-08:00Fascinating, thanks for posting !Fascinating, thanks for posting !Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033117202223821117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-3158551085476907422015-01-26T22:31:56.944-08:002015-01-26T22:31:56.944-08:00Sorry, some typos above. I'm sure you'll f...Sorry, some typos above. I'm sure you'll figure out what I mean.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-48569097838221530202015-01-26T22:29:49.787-08:002015-01-26T22:29:49.787-08:00I'll be interested to see what theory you have...I'll be interested to see what theory you have in your novel. It can't gave been easy for poor Elizabeth - losing her whole family, picked up as spoils of war, even her mother taken away and plonked in a convent and left with Henry and his dreadful mother. And then, she must have wondered, every time anyone turned up claims to be herb rather ... Is he? I'd be surprised if they ever let her meet Warbeck. After all, what if he WAS Richard and she acknowledged him? That would have been a huge embarrassment for Henry because he had made her legitimate and that made her brother's legitimate too. Which was fine as long as they were dead. <br />Personally, I suspect he may have been Edward's son, but not necessarily by his Queen. <br /><br />For what it's worth, I believe that the Queen on the average playing card was based on that portrait of Elizabeth of York, so she's still around. ;-)<br /><br />As for whether Henry had any mistresses, I'm betting he was too stingy to spend anything on them.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com