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The White Queen

The White Queen
The White Queen
A Novel  
By Philippa Gregory
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Internationally bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings the tumult and intrigue of The Wars of the Roses to vivid life through the women of the House of Lancaster and the House of York, beginning with the story of Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen.
A woman who won the love of a king and ascended to royalty by virtue of her beauty, Elizabeth fought tenaciously for the success of her family -- her daughter who would one day unite the warring dynasties, and her two sons whose eventual fate has confounded historians for centuries: the Princes in the Tower. An active player in the power struggles that surrounded her, she made hard and courageous choices, always trying to protect those whom she loved. Informed by impeccable research and framed by her inimitable storytelling skills, Philippa Gregory gives an unforgettable voice to an extraordinary woman at the heart of a devastating conflict.

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How did you come to write this book?

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I wanted to go back to the time before the Tudors, and found this wonderful family and their history.

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'It would be hard to make history more entertaining, lively or engaging' Sunday Express

'Queen of the historical novel' Mail on Sunday

'Gregory brings to life the sights, smells and textures of 16th-century England'  Kate Mosse, Financial Times 

'Rollicking, page-turning stuff'  Metro

'Of Woodville herself, Gregory makes a fascinating heroine; strong, ambitious, vengeful, beautiful and tinged with more than a hint of witchcraft. Popular history at its best'    Daily Mail

'History comes gloriously alive as widowed Elisabeth Woodville of the House of Lancaster seduces and marries Yorkist King Edward IV.  From then on conflict, betrayal and murder stalk her life as the Queen of England' Mirror

'As with The Other Boleyn Girl, Gregory's clever blend of fact and fiction is a lot racier than the average historical biography ... her tale of Elizabeth Woodville's tenacious fight for her family's position during the Wars of the Roses oozes sex appeal and suspense' Glamour magazine

'Lady Margaret Beaufort – cold, clever, calculating – will stop at nothing to put her son Henry Tudor on the throne.  Gregory is very good at describing the bitchiness of the women in this tale of dynastic rivalry' Telegraph

'Entrancing'  Telegraph

'an informative and riveting read from start to finish'  Edinburgh Evening News

'Gregory brings this period of history and another strong female character to life with the same colour and intrigue she applies to all her novels' Glasgow Evening Times

'A gripping read' South Wales Echo

'...whips along with lashings of historical intrigue'  Company

'Gregory's novels are, in fact, meticulously researched pieces of historical scholarship. For each novel she immerses herself in dozens of primary and secondary sources, before transforming them into vivid fiction'  Sunday Telegraph
Queen of the castle
Northumberland Gazette, May 10, 2010
...-6pm, tickets £6. AWARD-winning novellist and historian Philippa Gregory, pictured, will be talking about her new book in the atmospheric setting of the Guest Hall at Alnwick Castle next month.The White Queen recreates the bloody and ...
Book Review of The White Queen by Phillippa Gregory
Suite101.com, April 28, 2010
...In her latest novel, The White Queen, Philippa Gregory leaves the women of the Tudors and looks further back in British royal history to the quarrels of the Plantagenets in their quest for the English throne ...
Hexham Book Festival to kick off in Alnwick
What's On North East, April 22, 2010
...broken its boundaries. But thats no bad thing. It simply spreads the benefits a little further across Northumberland. Philippa Gregory (pictured) will be at Alnwick Castle at 4pm on Friday to talk about her latest novel, The White Queen, ...
Book Reviews: Philippa Gregory at Hexham book festival
Northeast Journal, April 22, 2010
...its boundaries. But that’s no bad thing. It simply spreads the benefits a little further across Northumberland. Philippa Gregory will be at Alnwick Castle at 4pm on Friday to talk about her latest novel, The White Queen, which is set in ...
Characters breathe new lives online
Irish Times, March 28, 2010
...a problem for Elizabeth Woodville , the fictionalised version of the one-time queen of England, as created by author Philippa Gregory in her bestselling The White Queen . When Gregory signed up her character to Twitter, “elizwoodville” ...
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