Tag Archives: Philippa Gregory

The Kingmaker’s Daughter by Philippa Gregory

Posted on September 24, 2012 by

This is the fourth book in Philippa Gregory’s Cousins’ War series which looks at the Wars of the Roses (the series of conflicts in the 15th century between the House of York and the House of Lancaster) from a female … Continue reading →

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The Women of the Cousins’ War by Philippa Gregory, David Baldwin and Michael Jones

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

The Women of the Cousins’ War: The Duchess, the Queen and the King’s Mother is a non-fiction companion book to Philippa Gregory’s Cousins’ War series of historical fiction novels. The series tells the story of the Wars of the Roses … Continue reading →

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The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

The Lady of the Rivers is the third book in Philippa Gregory’s Cousins’ War series. This series is set during the Wars of the Roses, with a focus on some of the women who played an important role in this … Continue reading →

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Review: The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory

Posted on August 16, 2010 by

This is the second book in Philippa Gregory’s new series set during the Wars of the Roses, a tumultuous period of English history in which the rival houses of York and Lancaster struggled for power. In The White Queen we … Continue reading →

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After the Sunday Papers #5

Posted on August 8, 2010 by

Last month was a great reading month for me – I read ten books, which I know is not many for a lot of other bloggers, but for me it’s more than I usually manage to read. And as well … Continue reading →

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New Book Arrivals

Posted on July 11, 2010 by

I haven’t bought any new books for a while as I’ve been running out of shelf space (as usual!) and have been trying to read some of the books that I already own or borrowed from the library, but here … Continue reading →

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Review: The White Queen by Philippa Gregory

Posted on January 9, 2010 by

Philippa Gregory is best known for her Tudor court novels, but with The White Queen she moves further back in time to the Plantagenets and the Wars of the Roses. Elizabeth Woodville is twenty seven when she meets and falls … Continue reading →

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