Claire | August 5, 2009
August’s Book of the Month on The Anne Boleyn Files is the long awaited Philippa Gregory novel “The White Queen” which I’ve had the pleasure to read and review, courtesy of Simon and Schuster UK - thanks!
I couldn’t wait any longer to share this review with you so here it is…
The White Queen by Philippa [...]
Category: Elizabeth Woodville, Fiction, Philippa Gregory, Plantagenets |
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Claire | August 4, 2009
Philippa Gregory’s latest novel “The White Queen” is due to be released on 18th August and I will be reviewing it here on The Anne Boleyn Files Tudor Book Reviews site on that date.
“The White Queen” is the first in a series about the Plantagenets, the warring family who held the English throne before Henry [...]
Category: Elizabeth Woodville, Fiction, Philippa Gregory, Plantagenets |
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Claire | July 10, 2009
As many of you know, I spend my days reading biographies, historical texts and researching Tudor history, so it was actually quite refreshing to get lost in a fictional novel for a change and this Philippa Gregory one did not disappoint.
In my opinion there are three vital elements of a top quality historical novel:-
It’s “unputdownable” [...]
Category: Elizabeth I, Fiction, Mary Queen of Scots, Philippa Gregory |
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