Cousins' War: The White Princess (Series #05) (Hardcover)

from jessicariddoch

I would normally say that I do not like historical fiction, but Phillipa Gregory manages neither to be too heavy on the fact or too heavy on the fiction. She manages to write a character that I can believe and through this a court and life that I find to be entirly believable and absorbing. My on...

from BrokenTeepee

Ms. Gregory's Cousins' War series continues with this tale of Elizabeth of York, the young woman who married Henry Tudor after Richard III was killed at the battle of Bosworth. Henry VII was not secure on his throne and felt that having a York connection would help him with the people but nothing...

from smooody106

It's a little disappointing that the white princess isn't as strong of a character as her mother and grandmother. She's not entirely a pushover but compared to the other women she's very meh. She does her best though and it's one of the sadder books of this whole series.

from maryreinert

The story of Elizabeth of York, the wife of Henry VII, the first Tudor on the throne after defeating the Yorks at the Battle of Bosworth. Henry must marry Elizabeth in an effort to unify the country. This is the story of their marriage. Henry is controlled by his mother, Margaret Beaufort who gav...

from JaneSteen

Where I got the book: my local library. I've been asked, more than once, why I read Philippa Gregory if her books annoy me. (I may have expressed that opinion once or twice.) One of the reasons is that many interesting conversations happen about Gregory's books, notably among readers who like to ...