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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 p. : map, geneal. table ; HC; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Touchstone book."
Includes an Author's note : "This new novel, the first of a series about the Plantaganets."-- p. 409.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
Great Britain History.
Richard, Duke Of York.
Fiction.
Elizabeth, Consort Of Edward IV, King Of England.
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

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Portage la Prairie Regional Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.


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