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The White Queen is a 2009 historical novel by Philippa Gregory, the first of her series The Cousins' War. It tells the story of Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort of King Edward IV of England. [1][2][3] The 2013 BBC One television series The White Queen is a 10-part adaptation of Gregory's novels The White Queen, The Red Queen (2010) and The ...
The White Queen. Written by Phillipa Gregory Review by Ilysa Magnus. Gregory’s newest entry is all about Elizabeth Woodville, told in her voice and with a few twists and turns. Elizabeth is a commoner who we meet as a young widow with two small boys. That she is beautiful beyond description is apparent.
Jun 19, 2013 · The garden scene is an invention, and – perhaps most interestingly of all – some of the greatest plotters, fighters, spies and rebels were the women of the ruling families.Two of them, Elizabeth Woodville and Anne Neville, managed to take the crown of England and become queen; one of them, Margaret Beaufort, would claim the queen’s place and a royal title.The CommonerElizabeth Woodville ...
177,948 ratings8,016 reviews. Brother turns on brother. The throne of England is at stake. The deadly Wars of the Roses have begun... Elizabeth Woodville, a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition, secretly marries the newly crowned boy king. While she rises to the demands of her exalted position and fights for the success of her family, her ...
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The White Queen tells the story of a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition who, catching the eye of the newly crowned boy king, marries him in secret and ascends to royalty. While Elizabeth rises to the demands of her exalted position and fights for the success of her family, her two sons become central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the missing princes ...
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Aug 17, 2009 · The characters in Philippa Gregory’s The White Queen are taken from the bloody battle for the crown in the Cousins’ War, a.k.a. the War of the Roses. A civil war tore 15th century England apart when the Plantagenet family split into the rival factors of Lancaster (the red rose) and York (the white rose).
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The inspiration for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries "The White Queen," #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings to life the extraordinary story of Elizabeth Woodville, a woman who rises from obscurity to become Queen of England, and changes the course of history forever.
