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A review by _hollie064_
Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes in the Tower by David Baldwin
4.0
I will not know peace until the historical memory of Elizabeth Woodville is restored.
The fact that her good deeds and attributes have been taken from her and assigned to others while she has been reduced to a shallow and vindictive harpy because it better fit the political (misogynistic) narrative of writers and historians.
Baldwin went beyond the image of Elizabeth as the gilt haired tempestuous queen and gave her the depth that she deserves. That she went from a widowed mother in financial crisis to the queen of England in such a turbulent and unstable period of history should be a testament to her strength. Yet even in these modern times the myth of her being a greedy women with nothing more to her than beauty continues...
The fact that her good deeds and attributes have been taken from her and assigned to others while she has been reduced to a shallow and vindictive harpy because it better fit the political (misogynistic) narrative of writers and historians.
Baldwin went beyond the image of Elizabeth as the gilt haired tempestuous queen and gave her the depth that she deserves. That she went from a widowed mother in financial crisis to the queen of England in such a turbulent and unstable period of history should be a testament to her strength. Yet even in these modern times the myth of her being a greedy women with nothing more to her than beauty continues...