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Philippa Gregory’s The White Queen

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Review by Melissa Klug
I happily stumbled upon Philippa Gregory over two years ago, after running out of books while on vacation in Mexico–THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL was available on the hotel’s open bookshelf. I was immediately taken, particularly by Gregory’s ability to take a familiar story and provide life in details that only academic historians [...]

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The White Queen by Philippa Gregory

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Review by Marisa Antonaya
Philippa Gregory begins her new series on the Plantagenets and the Cousins’ War (War of the Roses) with The White Queen, which explores the life of Elizabeth Woodville, the wife of Edward IV.
One of the most interesting aspects of this book is its narration: it’s told entirely in the present tense, as [...]

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