The Other Elizabeth
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Upon her brother's death, Elizabeth de Scales learns that she shall become an heiress, at the tender age of seven. Although born into a pro-Lancastrian family, when Elizabeth is sent off to live with Lady Isabel, the sister of the Duke of York, she soon must choose where her loyalties lie.
Caught between her Lancastrian blood, and her Yorkist heart, Elizabeth finds herself swiftly growing up amid the Wars of the Roses- and deciding on the sacrifices she must make.
By an unexpected twist of fate, she soon finds herself entangled with the enigmatic Wydeville family, and is raised to a status beyond her wildest imagination. However, the closer to the crown, the heavier the price Elizabeth and those dearest to her must pay...
This is the first book in the 'Forgotten Roses' series of untold stories of women hidden from history, and at the heart of the Cousins' War.
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