I'm not exactly sure how I feel about this book as of yet. I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it either. The subject matter was definitely interesting. Elizabeth Woodville, as she is presented in this book, is a compelling, if not exactly likeable character. She knew what she wanted, and she foug...
WARNING: There are very few names in this book. There are about five each of Elizabeths, Richards, Georges, Henrys, and Margarets. That's probably a slight exaggeration with some of those. But I promise there are at least six Richards. Two of the Richards are brothers, even. That's right. Elizabeth ...
Gregory has done it again, she's written another series I'm going to fall in love with. The York family is not a royal family I know a lot about so it was easy for me to separate myself from fact and fall into this slightly mythical world. King Edward can't help but fall in love with a young widow d...
The story was good, the telling was interesting. It gripped me from beginning to end. But there were some issues that prevented me from enjoying it fully.I guess one of the big problems authors face when writing about real historical figures is the character building. Real people don't make very goo...
The story was good, the telling was interesting. It gripped me from beginning to end. But there were some issues that prevented me from enjoying it fully.I guess one of the big problems authors face when writing about real historical figures is the character building. Real people don't make very goo...
I had read Philippa Gregory's other series ( you know those Boylen girls) and quite liked it. Historical romance/fiction isn't really my cup of tea. To be truthful I picked this up because of the stars series on tv, and the next three books were in the discount pile at bam. I figured why not. This b...
Gregory’s books are always hit or miss for me, so when this was chosen as a group read for Historical Fictionistas I was a bit apprehensive. Turns out this book was a pleasant surprise. In The White Queen, Gregory plays on the supposed fact that Elizabeth Woodville and her mother Jacquetta are desc...
One of the reasons why I picked up this book was because the last time I tried to figure out the story of the Cousin's War, all the Edwards and Richards and George's got tangled up in my head. That old English tradition of repeating names and affixing numbers to the end for idenitifcation was, in hi...
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory tells a story about a commoner; Elizabeth Woodville, who falls in love with the King of England; Edward IV, they marry and she becomes Queen. This is also during the time of the Cousins' War, where cousins' fight over the throne of England. I started watching the ...
Repetitive. The ending felt rushed after all the hoopla getting to it. I'll definitely try The Red Queen because I'm interested in Henry Tudor's mother.
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