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The White Queen

By: Philippa Gregory
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
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THE FIRST BOOK IN THE THE COUSINS' WAR SERIES FROM INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR PHILIPPA GREGORY

One woman at the centre of England's most enduring royal mystery.

Elizabeth Woodville was an ordinary woman before her marriage to King Edward IV elevated her to the throne of England. Determined to secure the future of her family, she fought fiercely for her children and her place at court. But when her two young sons became the centre of one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries, her legacy was transformed forever.

Set amid the turmoil of the Wars of the Roses, The White Queen tells the story of Elizabeth's extraordinary rise to power and the mystery of the Princes in the Tower in a captivating family drama.

Praise for Philippa Gregory:

‘Meticulously researched and deeply entertaining, this story of betrayal and divided loyalties is Gregory on top form’ Good Housekeeping

‘Gregory has popularised Tudor history perhaps more than any other living fiction writer…all of her books feature strong, complex women, doing their best to improve their lives in worlds dominated by men’ Sunday Times

‘Engrossing’ Sunday Express

‘Popular historical fiction at its finest, immaculately researched and superbly told’ The Times

'Queen of the historical novel' Mail on Sunday Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Medieval Romance Royalty Women's Fiction Renaissance War Tudor
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Critic reviews

'The queen of royal fiction' USA Today

'There's no question that she is the best at what she does' Associated Press

'Philippa Gregory turns real-life historical royalty into royally entertaining novels' Time Magazine

'If only grade-school history books were written so vividly' Entertainment Weekly

'In thoroughly researched, wonderfully realized settings, she can make a period come alive' The Boston Globe
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I've read the novel and am revisiting this series. The book is brilliant and I'd definitely recommend. It was a shame it was abridged as some key bits were missed. Also Emilia Fox's reading of male characters in particular was very distracting and she did it in a really aggressive voice which often missed the point of the dialogue. I'd suggest reading this one instead.

Didn't work so well in audio

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a good story but the music between chapters it a bit annoying.
but fantastic story

fantastic story

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This is my favourite historical fiction audiobook.
The narrator is perfect and I love the little short medieval musical interludes at the start of each chapter.
The story was great and full of diverse well written characters.
i listened to this book 3 times over the last couple of months on my lockdown walks.
A fascinating story.

loved it

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A fascinating period in history, made very real through the eyes of the actual people

Am addicted to this series, brilliant narrating of

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Read by my favourite actress Amelia Fox enjoyed this book never could get into history at school but when told in these great novels I've learnt so much

History made enjoyable

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