The white queen /
Gregory, Philippa.
The white queen / Philippa Gregory. - 1st Touchstone hardcover ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009. - 415 p. : map, geneal. table ; 24 cm. - Cousins' war ; bk. 1 . - Gregory, Philippa. Cousins' war; bk. 1. .
"A Touchstone book." Includes an Author's note : "This new novel, the first of a series about the Plantaganets."-- p. 409.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-415).
In this account of the wars of the Plantagenets, a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition, Elizabeth Woodville, catches the eye of the newly crowned boy king, marries him in secret and ascends to royalty. While Elizabeth rises to the demands of her exalted position and fights for the success of her family, her two sons become central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the missing princes in the Tower of London whose fate is still unknown.
1416563687 9781416563686
Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483 --Fiction.
Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483 --Death and burial--Fiction.
Elizabeth, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492 --Fiction.
Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485 --Fiction.
Richard, Duke of York, 1472-1483 --Fiction.
Richard, Duke of York, 1472-1483 --Death and burial--Fiction.
Murder--History--England--To 1500--Fiction.
Queens--Great Britain--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Edward IV, 1461-1483--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Richard III, 1483-1485--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
The white queen / Philippa Gregory. - 1st Touchstone hardcover ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009. - 415 p. : map, geneal. table ; 24 cm. - Cousins' war ; bk. 1 . - Gregory, Philippa. Cousins' war; bk. 1. .
"A Touchstone book." Includes an Author's note : "This new novel, the first of a series about the Plantaganets."-- p. 409.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-415).
In this account of the wars of the Plantagenets, a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition, Elizabeth Woodville, catches the eye of the newly crowned boy king, marries him in secret and ascends to royalty. While Elizabeth rises to the demands of her exalted position and fights for the success of her family, her two sons become central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the missing princes in the Tower of London whose fate is still unknown.
1416563687 9781416563686
Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483 --Fiction.
Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483 --Death and burial--Fiction.
Elizabeth, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492 --Fiction.
Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485 --Fiction.
Richard, Duke of York, 1472-1483 --Fiction.
Richard, Duke of York, 1472-1483 --Death and burial--Fiction.
Murder--History--England--To 1500--Fiction.
Queens--Great Britain--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Edward IV, 1461-1483--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Richard III, 1483-1485--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.