The White Queen

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Elizabeth Woodville is a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition who, catching 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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Elizabeth Woodville submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on July 28, 2013, 9:41pm In one of her many books about English history, Philippa Gregory brings readers the story of Elizabeth Woodville, born a mid-rank English aristocracy, who married King Edward IV, in "The White Queen." White refers to the color of King Edward's side in the war (York). Each side used a colored rose as its symbol. Lancaster's rose was red.

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. As this book is about a long and bloody war, the novel contains some very gruesome descriptions of battles.

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. At the end of each book, Gregory explains which parts were accurate and which were not.

From Wikipedia: "Through her daughter, Elizabeth of York, she [Woodville] is the ancestor of every English monarch since Henry VIII, every Scottish monarch since James V of Scotland and every British monarch from James VI and I."