Read Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World Online
Authors: Alison Weir
I owe a huge debt of gratitude to my editorial director, Anthony Whittome, not only for his creative guidance but also for his original and convincing theory about Elizabeth of York and the Buck letter.
I should add that the conclusions I have reached in this book—and any errors—are my own. Having researched firstly from primary sources, I had formulated my own conclusions on many aspects of Elizabeth’s story before I came to read the secondary sources and found that some historians had evolved similar theories. Those whose views and insights have had a bearing on my work have been credited in the notes.
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