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lalawoman416 's review for:
The White Queen
by Philippa Gregory
So this was one of those exceptions when I actually saw the mini-series before reading the book. I have to say that The White Queen was spot on and faithful to the book. This was my first Philippa Gregory book and was not disappointed. I love how she made a history lesson fun by adding fictional elements of magic. This Queen Elizabeth was amazingly complex and I loved that she combined practicality and love. Always best when it works out that way. It's funny to think that a widowed mother of two of common birth could become a Queen when a couple hundred years later the whole institution would have fainted dead away had the King suggested such a union. Now, she did not live in feminist times by any means, but Elizabeth was certainly a driving force of her won destiny.