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The White Queen
by Philippa Gregory
After reading Gregory's lengthy, circuitous, highly-fictionalized account of one woman's experience during the War of the Roses, I admit I'm not converted to this author or her historical subject matters. While not an overly complex read, she fails to give the audience any meaningful context, either of the war or the times. She jumps right into the "adventure" involving one battle after the next, one betrayal after the next and for all the action, there's very little character development--the reader doesn't end up caring about any of these people. I thought it was a hollow historical fiction and one whose popularity is mystifying to me.
Summary:
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.>
Summary:
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.>