The White Queen Abridged

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Compact discs.
Disc 7 is a bonus MP3 CD of Philippa Gregory's The Virgin lover. It will only work with an MP3 CD player. It can also be downloaded to a portable MP3 device. It will not work on a traditional CD player.
Abridged.
Read by Bianca Amato.
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.
Contents: Virgin's lover.

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The war of the roses submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on July 28, 2013, 4:58pm In one of her many books about English history, Philippa Gregory brings readers the story of Elizabeth Woodville, born of middling rank in the English aristocracy, who married King Edward IV, in "The White Queen." White refers to the color of Kind Edward's side in the war (York). Each side used a colored rose as its symbol.
The book begins with Elizabeth Woodville catching the eye of the newly-crowned king and ends when he son-in-law, Henry VII (father of Henry VIII) ascends to the throne.
Gregory's books are a great way to learn English history, as she carefully researches them and incorporates the drama and scandal of the day. She occasionally includes as truth what was just rumor at the time, such as Elizabeth Woodville and her mother's use of spells to help their relatives.
The abridged version is not nearly as good as the whole book, so it is worth one's while to read or listen to the complete novel.