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kenzloux 's review for:
The White Queen
by Philippa Gregory
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have loved every book in this series so far and this book was no different. I loved learning more about Elizabeth Woodville, her lifestory and her family. I loved learning about how she ruled as queen during the War of the Roses and how she raised her children during that time. I also loved learning more about the princes in the tower (her sons), how she dealt with the situation and how she tried to save them from the Tower of London. I highly recommend this series and book to people who want to learn more about key figures from the War of the Roses and about their general lifestory.
Quotes:
- “He promised her that he would give her everything, everything she wanted, as men in love always do. And she trusted him despite herself, as women in love always do.”
- “The sons of York will destroy each other, one brother destroying another, uncles devouring nephews, fathers beheading sons. They are a house which has to have blood, and they will shed their own if they have no other enemy.”
- “To save my son, I would plot with the devil himself.”
- “I am not a yard of ribbon. I am not a leg of ham. I am not for sale to anyone.”
- “We have to be more royal than royalty itself or nobody will believe us.”
- “It’s a fool who is afraid of nothing,” I say. “And a brave man is one who knows fear and rides out and faces it.”
- “He may make me feel like a fool, and like a woman who can do nothing, but what I can do I will. In my jewellery box is a dark locket of black tarnished silver and inside it locked in the darkness, I have his name: Richard Neville and that of George, Duke of Clarence, written in my blood on a piece of paper from the corner of my father's last letter. These are my enemies, I have cursed them. I will see them dead at my feet.”
- “I won't forgive this wrong done to me and my house, whoever it was that killed my boys, I shall put a curse on their house that they will have no first born son to inherit. Whoever took my son will lose his son. He will spend his life longing for an heir. He will bury his first born and long for him, for I cannot even bury mine.”
- “I am a woman who makes things happen, and I am not defeated yet. I am not defeated by a boy with a newly won crown, and no man will ever walk away from me certain that he won't walk back.”
- “Ah, my dear, you are a good wife. You are my beauty. You are my only love.”
Quotes:
- “He promised her that he would give her everything, everything she wanted, as men in love always do. And she trusted him despite herself, as women in love always do.”
- “The sons of York will destroy each other, one brother destroying another, uncles devouring nephews, fathers beheading sons. They are a house which has to have blood, and they will shed their own if they have no other enemy.”
- “To save my son, I would plot with the devil himself.”
- “I am not a yard of ribbon. I am not a leg of ham. I am not for sale to anyone.”
- “We have to be more royal than royalty itself or nobody will believe us.”
- “It’s a fool who is afraid of nothing,” I say. “And a brave man is one who knows fear and rides out and faces it.”
- “He may make me feel like a fool, and like a woman who can do nothing, but what I can do I will. In my jewellery box is a dark locket of black tarnished silver and inside it locked in the darkness, I have his name: Richard Neville and that of George, Duke of Clarence, written in my blood on a piece of paper from the corner of my father's last letter. These are my enemies, I have cursed them. I will see them dead at my feet.”
- “I won't forgive this wrong done to me and my house, whoever it was that killed my boys, I shall put a curse on their house that they will have no first born son to inherit. Whoever took my son will lose his son. He will spend his life longing for an heir. He will bury his first born and long for him, for I cannot even bury mine.”
- “I am a woman who makes things happen, and I am not defeated yet. I am not defeated by a boy with a newly won crown, and no man will ever walk away from me certain that he won't walk back.”
- “Ah, my dear, you are a good wife. You are my beauty. You are my only love.”