The Women of the Cousins' War : The Duchess, the Queen, and the King's Mother (Paperback)

from BrokenTeepee

This is a non-fiction book. I have seen reviews where people read it thinking it was a novel and were disappointed - of course they were! Real history is never as fleshed out as an historical novel especially they further back you go in time. That does not mean it has to be a trial to read. This ...

from tanzanite

The Women of the Cousins War* by Philippa Gregory, David Baldwin and Michael Jones. Non-fiction. I thoroughly enjoyed the pieces on Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret Beaufort, each written by the subject's major biographer. Philippa Gregory's contribution is on Jacquetta Woodville (Elizabeth's mot...

from TheTrueBookAddict

The Women of the Cousins' War was written to bring to light the "truth" behind the women featured in Philippa Gregory's Cousins' War trilogy, The White Queen, The Red Queen, and The Lady of the Rivers. Jacquetta (The Lady of the Rivers), Elizabeth Woodville (The White Queen), and Margaret Beaufor...

from john257hopper

This is a study by three authors of three powerful figures in 15th century England during the latter stages of the Hundred Years War and throughout the conflict now known as the Wars of the Roses. The three figures are: Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, wife of Duke John who was English regent of Fr...

from jasminemarie

I am not a history buff by any means at all. However, I can happily attribute my introduction to historical fiction to Philippa Gregory and her books (in particular, The Other Boleyn Girl). I was never particularly interested in history growing up and I found the textbooks too boring and difficul...