The White Queen tells the story of a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition who, catching the eye of the newly crowned boy king, marries him in secret and ascends to royalty. They are the claimants and kings who ruled England before the Tudors, and now Philippa Gregory brings them to life through the dramatic and intimate stories of the secret players: the indomitable women, starting with Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen. Philippa Gregory, "the queen of royal fiction" ( USA Today), presents the first of a new series set amid the deadly feuds of England known as the War of the Roses.īrother turns on brother to win the ultimate prize, the throne of England, in this dazzling account of the wars of the Plantagenets.
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