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When Henry Tudor defeats Richard III at Bosworth, Elizabeth is offered as a wife, the White Rose that will bring about a united England by merging with Lancastrian Henry VII, thus creating the Tudor rose. Told in first person, the story unfolds as Elizabeth, formerly in love with her uncle and king, Richard III, must marry the man who murdered ...
Jul 31, 2013 · The White Princess by Philippa GregoryTouchstone, 2013Bestselling historical novelist Philippa Gregory, whose The Other Boleyn Girl catapulted the Tudors back into cultural currency, has for the last few years been turning her attention to the sprawling, violent generational civil war that formed the fertile chaos preceding the Tudors, the Wars of the Roses between the rival houses of York and ...
Jul 23, 2013 · The White Princess. FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE FAIRMILE SERIES, PHILIPPA GREGORY, COMES THIS COMPELLING NOVEL. Somewhere beyond the shores of England, a Pretender is mustering an army. He claims to be brother to the queen, the true heir to the throne. When Henry Tudor picked up the crown of England from the mud of Bosworth Field, he ...
- Philippa Gregory
- Simon and Schuster, 2013
- 1471130290, 9781471130298
- The White PrincessCOUSINS' WAR
Aug 2, 2013 · It was also known as the War of the Roses because the two opposing families, York and Lancaster, had roses as their heraldic symbol. York was white and Lancaster red. Gregory’s latest, The White Princess, is the fifth installment in the series and takes readers up to the point when Henry Tudor invades England to become King Henry VII. Much of ...
Having recently watched the television mini-series, The White Queen, I was keen to continue with that story and The White Princess picks up where that left off rather nicely. The story follows the first dozen or so years of the marriage between Elizabeth York and Henry Tudor. Henry is the first Tudor King and thus Elizabeth becomes the ...
The new Queen Elizabeth has to decide if she can stand by a king whose support and courage are crumbling before her eyes. She has to choose between Tudor and York, between her new husband and the boy who claims to be her beloved lost brother: the rose of York come home at last. Elizabeth features in the BBC and Starz television drama The White ...
Jul 23, 2013 · The White Princess. Philippa Gregory. Simon and Schuster, Jul 23, 2013 - Fiction - 528 pages. From “queen of royal fiction” () Philippa Gregory comes this instant bestseller that tells the story of the remarkable Elizabeth of York, daughter of the White Queen, and mother to the House of Tudor. When Henry Tudor picks up the crown of England ...
