The White Queen is a 2009 historical novel by Philippa Gregory, the first of its series The Cousins ​​War. It tells the story of Elizabeth Woodville, queen of King Edward IV of England. The 2013 BBC One television series The White Queen is a 10-part adaptation of Gregory's The White Queen , The Red Queen (2010) and The Kingmaker's Daughter (2012), and featuring Rebecca Ferguson as Elizabeth Woodville.
The Gregory's Novel of 2011 The Lady of the Rivers is the prequel to The White Queen , narrated by Elizabeth's mother, Jacquetta of Luxembourg.
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Plot
The young widow Lady Elizabeth Gray put herself in the path of King Edward IV to seek her help in regaining her husband's deceased land for her son, but it was love at first sight for both of them. They married in secret, which then put Edward, Elizabeth and the whole Elizabeth family at odds with Richard Neville, the 16th Earl of Warwick, who had helped put Edward on the throne expecting to control the young king. Masterminded by Elizabeth's mother, Jacquetta, an experienced retainer who was once allied with the ousted queen, Margaret of Anjou, Edward and Elizabeth, secured a strategic marriage and position for Elizabeth's brothers and other families to increase Edward's power and alliance against Warwick. Edward and Elizabeth have three daughters, and Warwick rebels, trying to put Edward George's soft brother, the Duke of Clarence on the throne instead. Edward foiled plans and reconciliation with Warwick and George to consolidate his strength, but not before Warwick executed Elizabeth's father, Richard Woodville, Earl Rivers and brother, John Woodville. Elizabeth swore revenge.
Warwick marries his elder daughter Isabel to George and the rebels again, luring Edward into an organized rebellion in which he plans to kill Edward. The plot failed, and Warwick and George fled to France. Isabel gave birth during the journey, but the child died. Warwick married his second daughter, Anne, to Edward of Lancaster, son and heir to deposed King Henry VI, to secure Warwick's new alliance with the exiled Henry queen, Margaret of Anjou. Warwick invaded England. Caught off guard, Edward was forced to flee to Flanders with Elizabeth's brother, Anthony. Warwick arrested Jacquetta on alleged witchcraft, but he was soon released on the orders of his old friend Margaret. Jacquetta joined the pregnant Elizabeth and her sons in the sanctuary at Westminster Abbey, where they were left unharmed by Warwick. Elizabeth gave birth to Edward's son, also named Edward. Back in England, Edward reunited with George and first defeats Warwick troops, who were killed, and then Margaret's army. His son Edward of Lancaster died, and Edward killed the captured and simple Henry VI to end the Lancastrian claim on the throne for good.
The British felt peaceful, but George the greed continued to make plans to weaken Edward's reign. His younger brother Richard marries a widowed Anne Neville, and disagrees with Edward's choice to mediate peace with France rather than fight for British ownership there. Isabel's death pushed George to the edge, and his plot and slander against Edward and Elizabeth resulted in his conviction of betrayal. Despite protests from their mother Cecily, Edward has executed George. Edward then dies alone, leaving his brother Richard as a guardian for his surviving son Edward and Richard despite Elizabeth's protests. Richard captures young Edward from the prisoner of his brother Elizabeth, and from the sanctuary Elizabeth finally breaks away to Richard a son who acts as his younger son, whom he sends to Flanders to be raised secretly under pseudonyms. Believing he has both heirs under Edward's control at the Tower of London, Richard has an unauthorized Edward and Elizabeth wedding, and accesses his throne as Richard III.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth conspires with her brother-in-law and former wards, Duke of Buckingham, and Margaret Beaufort, the mother of the exiled Lancastrian plaintiff Henry Tudor, to overthrow Richard and free the young princes at the Tower. They betrothed Tudor to Elizabeth of York, Edward and Elizabeth's eldest daughter, partly to seek support from the Yorkists for Tudor reasons. The young princes vanished and allegedly killed, and although Elizabeth did not forgive Richard for the death penalty for his brother Anthony and his son Richard Gray, he suspected that Buckingham, Margaret and Henry were more likely to be responsible for the disappearance of children as part of their own plans to seize the throne from Richard. Elizabeth left the refuge and sent her older daughter to Richard's court as a lady to Queen Anne. Richard and Anne's son Edward died, followed by Anne herself. Meanwhile, younger Richard and Elizabeth have fallen in love, but he is afraid of losing the support of a northern ruler loyal to the Anne family if he marries Elizabeth soon. Henry Tudor's army arrived in England.
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Critical reception
The Weekly Publisher wrote a novel, "Gregory earned his international reputation of sex, violence, love and betrayal among the Tudors, here he added intimate relationships, political maneuvers and conflicts of war and some well-drawn elements. supernatural. "The review adds that the author" is very moving to describe Elizabeth in his later years "and that" he captures clearly the terrible inertia of war, "but notes that the novel" may not be as vast as previous attempts. " Maureen Waller of The Telegraph called the novel "enthralling" and its female character "interesting," adding that "Gregory is very good at describing the bitchiness of women in the dynastic rivalry story."
The White Queen has been released in the form of audiobooks in both summaries (shown by Bianca Amato) and an unexcelled version (told by Susan Lyons). Audio mile wrote about the novel, "Gregory has become very popular in the US It's easy to see why in the last intoxicating mixture of history, romance, and political intrigue as he teases the tangled sketches of the Rose War." The magazine praised both recordings, calling Amato's "strong and convincing" appearance and Lyon's voice "grand" and "self-possessed."
References
External links
- The official website of Philippa Gregory
- Gregory, Philippa (June 16, 2013). "Philippa Gregory tells the true story behind The White Queen ". Radio Times . Retrieved October 6 2014 .
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