The White Princess
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Philippa Gregory
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE FAIRMILE SERIES, PHILIPPA GREGORY, COMES THIS COMPELLING NOVEL. Somewhere beyond the shores of England, a Pretender is mustering an army. He claims to be brother to the queen, the true heir to the throne. When Henry Tudor picked up the crown of England from the mud of Bosworth Field, he knew he would have to marry the princess of the rival house – Elizabeth of York – in an effort to unify a country divided by war for nearly two decades. His bride was still in love with his enemy, and her mother and all the loyal House of York still dream of their missing heir making a triumphant return. Elizabeth faces a terrible dilemma: can she stand by a king whose support and courage are crumbling before her eyes? How can she choose between Tudor and York, between her new husband and the boy who claims to be her beloved lost brother. But is he the lost boy sent into the unknown by his mother, the White Queen, or a counterfeit prince? – a low-born enemy to Henry Tudor and his York princess wife?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
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Author
Philippa Gregory
Pages
400
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2013-08-01
ISBN
0857207555 9780857207555
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"The tv series is better than the book. The book is extremely slow moving. From history Henry and Elizabeth have a loving relationship but the book makes it seem like she’s a victim to him"
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Leah Luther
"The first half of this book was great, even if Elizabeth was portrayed as weak with her answer for everything being "I don't know". Then in the second half it just dragged on and on. Henry started acting paranoid about the pretender Prince Richard and that is all the last half of the book focused on, besides the fact that he kept changing his mind about whether he was in love with Elizabeth or if she was a York traitor. I'm torn by how I feel about the book because I loved the first half and read that part in just an afternoon, but the second half was just so boring that I found myself wishing the book would hurry up and end."
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