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The white queen / Philippa Gregory.

Gregory, Philippa. (Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781416563686
  • ISBN: 1416563687
  • Physical Description: 415 pages : map, genealogical table ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes an Author's note : "This new novel, the first of a series about the Plantaganets."-- page 409.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-415).
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 > To 1500 > 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.
Genre: Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 44 of 45 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at James Memorial Public Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 45 total copies.
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