Not nearly as sexy as Edward IV and all the members of his charming house. Gregory doesn't seem to like Henry VII one little bit because well.
According to Gregory, Henry Tudor (the man who finally brought peace to England and ended the Wars of the Roses) is a bad guy. Unfortunately, I just can't agree with her interpretation of the facts in this book. She certainly knows how to keep you turning the pages even though you already know what happens next. I wanted to give this book a higher rating as I love the way that Gregory tells a story. Then what DO you know? Seriously, what is the point of the book where the narrator knows absolutely nothing and does absolutely nothing to try and find out something, anything? How is Prince Arthur’s cough? How is Prince Henry’s psyche? How are Princess Margaret’s morals? How is Princess Mary’s self-control? What’s going on in Scotland? What’s happening in Ireland? In France? What discoveries have been made in the west? What’s the political upheaval in the Middle East? What about that big religious change in Northern Europe? Who is your mother plotting for? What is your mother-in-law praying for? What is your husband doing? Where are your cousins? Where are your sisters? Hey there, Elizabeth of York, what happened to the princes in the Tower? What happened at Bosworth? Where were your father’s allies? Who killed you uncle Anthony? Who killed your uncle George? I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know. She welcomes visitors to her site Philippa's Facebook page: In 2018, she was awarded an Honorary Platinum Award by Nielsen for achieving significant lifetime sales across her entire book output. Philippa is a member of the Society of Authors and in 2016, was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Historical Fiction Award by the Historical Writers’ Association.
She is a fellow of the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff and an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck University of London.
She holds honorary degrees from Teesside University and the University of Sussex. Now a recognised authority on women’s history, Philippa graduated from the University of Sussex and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she is a Regent and was made Alumna of the Year in 2009. Her flair for blending history and imagination developed into a signature style and Philippa went on to write many bestselling novels, including The Other Boleyn Girl and The White Queen. She wrote her first ever novel, Wideacre, when she was completing her PhD in eighteenth-century literature and it sold worldwide, heralding a new era for historical fiction. Philippa Gregory is one of the world’s foremost historical novelists.
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