A study of the women, Elizabeth Woodville, Jacquetta of Luxembourg and Margaret Beaufort, behind Philippa Gregory’s cycle of novels, The Cousins’ War. This is also a welcome examination of historical fiction, the role of women in history and the truth behind the novels. The very best historical fiction can lead the reader into an understanding of the period and lead to a quest for more information. Philippa Gregory’s powerful novels, are one such example, who were these women, what do we know about them and their times and how are their stories woven into fiction?
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September 2011 Non-Fiction Book of the Month.
If you love Philippa Gregory’s historical fiction you should not miss this fascinating companion volume that tells the extraordinary true stories behind the three heroines of her books; The White Queen, The Red Queen and The Lady of the Rivers.
In 2012 Philippa Gregory will be bringing history alive for yonger readers with the publication of her first young adult fiction title. We can't wait!
| Primary Genre | Biographies & Autobiographies |
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Elizabeth Woodville, The White Queen (2009), Margaret Beaufort, The Red Queen (2010), and Jacquetta, Lady Rivers, The Rivers Woman (2011) are the subjects of the first three novels in Philippa Gregory's Cousins' War series, and of the three biographical essays in this book. Philippa Gregory and two historians, leading experts in their field who helped Philippa to research the novels, tell the extraordinary 'true' stories of the life of these women who until now have been largely forgotten by history, their background and times, highlighting questions which are raised in the fiction and illuminating the novels. With a foreword by Philippa Gregory - in which Philippa writes revealingly about the differences between history and fiction and examines the gaps in the historical record - and beautifully illustrated with rare portraits, The Women of the Cousins' War is an exciting new addition to the Philippa Gregory oeuvre.
The Women of the Cousins' War : The Duchess, the Queen and the King's Mother features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, History, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, History and Archaeology
The Women of the Cousins' War : The Duchess, the Queen and the King's Mother is available in Hardback
The Women of the Cousins' War : The Duchess, the Queen and the King's Mother was written by Philippa Gregory, David Baldwin, Michael Jones and published by Simon & Schuster Ltd
The Women of the Cousins' War : The Duchess, the Queen and the King's Mother has 334 pages
Yes it is part of The Cousins' War series
