The Real White Queen and Her Rivals (2013)
Philippa Gregory tells the different stories of the women who were decisive figures in the Wars of the Roses and who helped to inspire the BBC One drama The White Queen.
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The Real White Queen and Her Rivals
2013Philippa Gregory tells the different stories of the women who were decisive figures in the Wars of the Roses and who helped to inspire the BBC One drama The White Queen.
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The White Queen is Elizabeth Woodville, a beautiful commoner who enchanted a King and became the first truly English woman to sit on the throne. Gregory recounts in extraordinary detail how Woodville saw her family murdered, her children endangered and was labelled a witch but survived and thrived in the midst of war and conspiracy. She carried the banner of the House of York through this turbulent era.
Philippa Gregory tells the different stories of the women who were decisive figures in the Wars of the Roses and who helped to inspire the BBC One drama The White Queen.