The white queen /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st Touchstone hardcover ed. |
| Series: | Gregory, Philippa. Cousins' war ;
bk. 1. |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | "A Touchstone book." Includes an Author's note : "This new novel, the first of a series about the Plantaganets."-- p. 409. |
| Physical Description: | 415 p. : map, geneal. table ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-415). |
| ISBN: | 9781416563686 1416563687 |
