The white queen
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The white queen
AUTHOR:
Gregory, Philippa
ISBN:
9781416563686
EDITION:
1st ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York [etc.] : Simon & Schuster, 2009
PHYSICAL_DESC:
415 p. ; 24 cm
SERIES:
Cousins' war ; 1
Cousins' war
SERIES_TITLE:
Cousins' war ;
Cousins' war
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references
ABSTRACT:
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.
SUBJECT_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492 -- Fiction |
| Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483 -- Fiction |
| Richard, Duke of York, 1472-1483 -- Fiction |
| Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483 -- Death and burial -- Fiction |
| Richard, Duke of York, 1472-1483 -- Death and burial -- Fiction |
| Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485 -- Fiction |
| Murder -- England -- History -- 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 |
BIBSUMMARY:
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.