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Jan 17, 2011 · Sandra’s latest novel, Pale Rose of England: a novel of the Tudors, is a story of love and defiance during the Wars of the Roses. Here is a brief synopsis: It is 1497. The news of the survival of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, has thundered across Europe, setting royal houses ablaze with intrigue and rocking the fledgling Tudor dynasty.
- The True Story
- Places Associated with Elizabeth of York
- A Day in The Life of Elizabeth of York
- Characters in The White Princess
- Elizabeth of York Podcast
- Reading List
Yet, often, the true story is equally dramatic. To find the facts behind the story of The White Princess, as dramatised by Starz and UK Drama, read our in-depth feature about the heroine, Elizabeth of York, here.
Elizabeth of York, like most mediaeval queens, moved frequently between royal homes, and even went on pilgrimage. Find out more about her travels and places associated with her here
One of the most popular Guest Articles on Tudor Times is from novelist Samantha Wilcoxson, who has also interpreted the life of Elizabeth in fiction. But to do that, she undertook detailed research into the queen’s everyday life, and described a typical day that Elizabeth might have lived. Read it here
One of the requirements of fiction is to keep the central cast of characters small. The White Princess concentrates on a core group of people, listed below. For a short summary of each, download our Who’s Who in The White Princess and The White Queen .pdf document – which also includes characters from the previous dramatization of Gregory’s works, ...
Listen to Melita Thomas, from Tudor Times and Heather Teysko from Renaissance England History Podcast discuss Elizabeth of York here
To find out more about the real White Princess, here is a reading list – there is a more detailed bibliography here. This reading list highlights current non-fiction and fiction. Biographies Licence, A. (2013). Elizabeth of York. 1st ed. Amberley Publishing: A good introduction. Loades, D. (2009). Tudor Queens of England.1st ed. New York: Continuum...
Jul 23, 2013 · From “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory comes this instant New York Times 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 from the mud of Bosworth field, he knows he must marry the princess of the enemy house—Elizabeth of York—to unify a ...
- Philippa Gregory
- 1451626096, 9781451626094
- illustrated
- Simon and Schuster, 2013
Lady Catherine Gordon. Perkin Warbeck (c. 1474 – 23 November 1499) was a pretender to the English throne claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, who was the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called "Princes in the Tower". Richard, were he alive, would have been the rightful claimant to the throne, assuming that his elder ...
Sep 21, 2013 · The Plot. The White Princess follows the earlier years of Elizabeth of York’s reign as Queen, taking off from where The Kingmaker’s Daughter and The Red Queen left us; with the defeat of Richard III at Bosworth and Henry VII’s imminent accession. Specifically the novel traces Henry’s considerable instability as a new-come king, the ...
But, that would never have happened. Both factions of the house of York wanted the power and wanted to be rulers of England. Elizabeth ensured her own security by keeping one of her boys out of Richard’s, supposedly, dirty hands. This young York boy appears later in the The White Princess as Perkin Warbeck. Indeed, Gregory leaves herself room ...
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Jul 23, 2013 · January 27, 2020. The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #5), Philippa Gregory. The 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 VII and mother of Henry VIII.
