false <![CDATA[The White Queen]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255579285m/5971165.jpg 5971165 12 The first in a stunning new series, The Cousins War, is set amid the tumult and intrigue of The War of the Roses. Internationally bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings this family drama to colourful life through its women, beginning with the story of Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen The White Queen tells the story of a common woman who ascends to royalty by virtue of her beauty, a woman who rises to the demands of her position and fights tenaciously for the success of her family, a woman whose two sons become the central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the Princes in the Tower whose fate remains unknown to this day. From her uniquely qualified perspective, Philippa Gregory explores the most famous unsolved mystery, informed by impeccable research and framed by her inimitable storytelling skills. 6144224 book 18 8 2009 The White Queen: A Novel total:1161|5:154|4:472|3:396|2:115|1:24| 1161 4100 3128 382 4 3 false false Sun Sep 06 11:28:20 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 15:46:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 09:50:22 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 03:26:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 09:55:52 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 09:57:19 -0800 2009 http://maggiesbookshelf.blogspot.com/200...

Elizabeth Woodville was born little more than a commoner, but by virtue of her beauty alone she became Queen of England, beloved by her husband the king, feared by her enemies and grudgingly admired by her people: a true historical Cinderella. Se...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 20:35:10 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 21:03:45 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 01:33:43 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 01:34:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 10:56:41 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 11:18:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 03:10:30 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 03:10:52 -0700 2009

The White Queen is a complete departure from ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 11:22:19 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 11:22:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 12:02:30 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 12:03:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 09:58:51 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 10:11:39 -0700 2009
The book was full of the intrigue, secre...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 21:27:31 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 21:38:40 -0800 2009 This latest installment of her historically acurate guilty pleasures is a novel about Henry the VIII's granmother, Elizabeth Woodville.
The court intrigue and lusty, feminist...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 18:20:58 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 11:45:14 -0700 2009
If you've read my last few reviews, you'll already know that I am on a quest to read only great books for the rest of this year. I'm not looking for mediocre; I'm not looking for good; I'm looking for flat out great books. I've been right on target with many of my...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 04:50:23 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 05:44:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 08:34:57 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 08:31:01 -0700 2009 I read a lot of historical fiction, and I really appreciate an accurate, well written tale. But sometimes I just want something fun, and Philippa Gregory always delivers.
I love her interpretation of the fa...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 16:41:52 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 16:04:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 10 false false Fri May 29 22:18:25 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 19:26:02 -0700 2009 The Other Boleyn Girl. The scope of The White Queen is just as if not more epic, in terms of literary drama, than the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn a...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 15:15:30 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 15:25:16 -0700 2009
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This new book, which begins a new series for Philippa Gregory, may not take off the way the Boleyn books did.

Although Elizabeth Woodville is a feisty, strong-minded, beautiful narrator, the politics of the War of the Roses are quite complicated. This means ma...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 20:20:59 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 02:30:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 05:09:14 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 15:49:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5971165