The White Queen

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Riding bareback in a travelling show, while her sister Dandy risks her life on the trapeze, Meridon dedicates herself to freeing them both from danger and want. When Henry VIII died, the stress and fractures among the court did not die with him, as we see in THE QUEEN’S FOOL. The White Queen has been released in audiobook form in both abridged (performed by Bianca Amato) and unabridged (narrated by Susan Lyons) versions. But if the public don’t want careful moral fables any longer, why not provide an outrageous tale of sex and satanism, and an author to match. Elizabeth, mistrustful of Gloucester, asks her brother Anthony to arrange for her son, now King Edward V, to be brought to London by his half-brother Richard Grey; they are intercepted by Gloucester and taken to the Tower of London.

Anthony pleads with Elizabeth to cooperate with Gloucester, and a truce is worked out, but Beaufort and her husband Stanley sow seeds of mistrust, recognising the potential advantage for Margaret's son.I think she will fascinate modern women in the same way that many historical women strike a chord: despite so many changes in the world, women are still trying to find happiness, manage their children, seek advantage, and avoid the persecution of misogynists. Her scheming gets her near to her ultimate goal, but she remains haunted by the one person who knows her plans and her capacity for evil. Having been widowed and lost access to her Lancastrian husband's property in the War of the Roses, Elizabeth Woodville is encouraged by her mother Jacquetta to put herself in the way of the new Yorkist King, Edward IV, and appeal to him directly.

The White Queen is a British historical drama television drama serial based on Philippa Gregory's historical novel series The Cousins' War. Did you find it surprising that Edward defied his mentor Warwick and upheld his secret marriage to Elizabeth? How do Elizabeth, Jacquetta, Cecily, and other female characters in the novel use their intelligence and influence? Philippa Gregory and The White Queen kept me up as late as I could manage, reading every word and skipping nary a line.Now, six novels later, she is looking at the family that preceded the Tudors: the magnificent Plantaganets, a family of complex rivalries, loves, and hatreds.