XmlDocument rearrange XmlNodes C#

I have an XML Document that stores all sorts of information about users of a system. Utlimately, the nodes that I am intersted in I hae outined below.

So, there is a user that has many user contents - I have included just books as an example. 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<user>
  <userProperties>
    <alias val="userAliasOne"/>
    <id val="3423423"/>
  </userProperties>
  <userContent>
    <userBooks>
      <genre>
        <book>
          <title>Dummy Value</title>
        </book>
      </genre>
    </userBooks>
  </userContent>
</user>

I need to somehow restructure the XML, using XmlDocument and XmlNode so that it matches the below. (userBooks to become root node but all contents of userBooks - /genre/book/title - to stay inside userContent).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<userBooks>
  <user>
    <userProperties>
      <alias val="userAliasOne"/>
      <id val="3423423"/>
    </userProperties>
    <userContent>
      <genre>
        <book>
          <title>Dummy Value</title>
        </book>
      </genre>
    </userContent>
  </user>
</userBooks>

I've tried selecting the single nodes and cloning them, then appending the clone to the parent and removing the child that's no longer required. It became very long and convoluted and I couldn't get it to work. There must be a more elegant solution that I am not aware of.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks.

Jon Skeet
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Here's an example for adding a new root element:

using System;
using System.Xml;

class Test
{
    static void Main()
    {
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.Load("test.xml");
        var originalRoot = doc.DocumentElement;
        doc.RemoveChild(originalRoot);
        var newRoot = doc.CreateElement("userBooks");
        doc.AppendChild(newRoot);
        newRoot.AppendChild(originalRoot);
        doc.Save(Console.Out);
    }
}

Try using the same approach for "removing" the userBooks element in the original - remove the element from its parent, but then add all the child nodes (of userBooks) as new child nodes of the original parent of userBooks.

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