Tag Archives: tudor series

The White Queen by Philippa Gregory (book review)

By monnibo | Published: October 6, 2009

The White Queen is Philippa Gregory’s latest book and I was very excited to read it. Philippa Gregory is one of my favourite historical fiction writers and I really enjoyed her Tudor Series. The White Queen is narrated by Elizabeth Woodville, daughter of the House of Lancaster, who falls in love with the York King-to-be, Edward IV. The book takes place smack-dab in the middle of The War of the Roses, commonly called The Cousins’ War. The War of the Roses began as two brothers fighting over succession to the throne. The brothers declared they were of the House of Continue Reading »

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The Queen’s Fool by Philippa Gregory (book review)

By monnibo | Published: August 3, 2009

This is the fourth book (chronologically) in The Tudor Series by Philippa Gregory. The Queen’s Fool is the story of a young Jewish girl during her service in the court of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. She and her father flee Spain where they were persecuted and her mother burned as a heretic. When they arrive in England, Hannah poses as a boy and works in her father’s print shop. When an affluent man from court visits the print shop with John Dee in search of specific manuscripts, she is begged as a fool for Edward VI’s court. Continue Reading »

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The Boleyn Inheritance by Phillipa Gregory (book review)

By monnibo | Published: April 19, 2009

I may or may not have an unhealthy fascination with the Tudor period of English history. I find reading about the life and wifes of Henry VIII quite compelling, and watching Johnathan Rhys Meyers get angry… y-uuummmy! So because I adore it so much, I have been trying to pace myself while reading the Tudor Series by Philippa Gregory, and watching The Tudors by Showtime (thank you Marina!) I have been trying to read Philippa Gregory’s Tudor Series in chronological order, which is proving to be difficult because she didn’t write them chronologically. I read The Other Boleyn Girl first, Continue Reading »

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Tag Archives: tudor series

The White Queen by Philippa Gregory (book review)

The Queen’s Fool by Philippa Gregory (book review)

The Boleyn Inheritance by Phillipa Gregory (book review)

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