The white queen
題名:
The white queen
著者:
Gregory, Philippa
ISBN（國際標準書號）:
9781416563686
版本:
1st ed.
出版資訊:
New York [etc.] : Simon & Schuster, 2009
規格:
415 p. ; 24 cm
叢書:
Cousins' war ; 1
Cousins' war
叢書題名:
Cousins' war ;
Cousins' war
一般附註:
Includes bibliographical references
摘要:
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.
主題詞彙:
主題:
| 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 |
摘要:
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.