The White Queen (Cousins' War Series #1)

from Sararush

After showcasing as many Tudor royals as any one reader can comfortably stomach, Philippa Gregory strives to show us another English Royal family as equally interesting. The White Queen launches her War of the Roses trilogy, and focuses on Elizabeth Woodville. Gregory's Woodville falls instantly ...

from Sararush

After showcasing as many Tudor royals as any one reader can comfortably stomach, Philippa Gregory strives to show us another English Royal family as equally interesting. The White Queen launches her War of the Roses trilogy, and focuses on Elizabeth Woodville. Gregory's Woodville falls instantly ...

from Kasthu

The White Queen opens in 1464, on the day that Elizabeth Woodville meets Edward IV, the man who has just recently been crowned King of England. In the attempt to gain back the lands she lost when her husband died, Elizabeth catches the eye of the young king, and becomes Queen of England herself-a...

from mwtemple

Let me preface this by saying that I'm a big Philippa Gregory fan. I read "The Other Boleyn Girl" a few years ago (before I saw the movie, thankfully ... kind of a disaster) and absolutely loved it. I read "The Boleyn Inheritance" this fall and loved that, too. I read "The Constant Princess" a fe...

from LadyN

As with all Philippa Gregory books I had read, I didn't much mind what was fact and what was fiction. Gregory makes historical characters really come to life, and paints such vivd pictures of the periods she writes about that one cannot help but be seduced by her novels. This period is not one I ...