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The White Princess. Written by Philippa Gregory Review by Anne Clinard Barnhill. In The White Princess, Gregory attempts to tell the story of Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. Raised as a royal princess, Elizabeth has been a pawn for power since her birth.
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 ...
Aug 8, 2019 · by Philippa Gregory. The third book you should read focuses on the power struggles and betrayals between warring families. Margaret Beaufort of the House of Lancaster is mother of the future king of England. She passionately believes that her son, Henry, is the rightful heir to the throne, so in a novel full of conspiracy, stone-cold ambition ...
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 ...
Jul 23, 2013 · This is a low point for Hunter’s writing; elsewhere in the novel, it’s stronger. Still, the characters remain flat and unknowable, while the novel itself is predictable. At this point, more than half a century’s worth of fiction and film has been inspired by the Holocaust—a weighty and imposing tradition.
Nov 23, 2013 · "THE WHITE PRINCESS: A Cousin's War Novel," by Phillipa Gregory, Touchstone, $27.99, 544 pages (f) “The White Princess: A Cousin’s War Novel,” by Phillipa Gregory, is a historical fiction novel based on Elizabeth of York, who was queen of England from 1486 to 1503, wife to Henry VII, mother of Henry VIII and grandmother of Mary I, Elizabeth I and Edward VI.
Jul 23, 2013 · 9,563 reviews215 followers. January 27, 2020. The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #5), Philippa GregoryThe White Princess is a 2013 historical novel by Philippa Gregory, part of her series The Cousins' War. It is the story of Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville, and later wife of Henry ...
