The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen and the King's Mother - Couverture souple

Gregory, Philippa; Baldwin, David; Jones, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849833346 ISBN 13 : 9781849833349

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2012

Synopsis

Elizabeth Woodville, The White Queen (2009), Margaret Beaufort, The Red Queen (2010), and Jacquetta, Lady Rivers, The Lady of the Rivers (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.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

The extraordinary true stories of three women who until now have been largely forgotten by history.
Jacquetta of Luxembourg was a royal duchess who married beneath her for love and became mother of a queen. Using original documents, site visits and even archaeology, Philippa Gregory creates the first biography ever written of the young duchess.
Elizabeth Woodville was a widowed mother when she married the young King Edward IV. Her two sons became infamous as 'the Princes in the Tower', but little is known of her own life. David Baldwin, established author on the Wars of the Roses, tells her riveting story.
Michael Jones, fellow of the Royal Historical Society, writes about Margaret Beaufort, whose official story is powerfully bland. Yet she committed treason against an ordained King of England and her son, Henry VII, became the first Tudor to take the throne.
Beautifully illustrated with rare portraits and source materials, The Women of the Cousins' War offers fascinating insights into the inspirations behind Philippa Gregory's fiction.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Philippa Gregory was an established historian and writer when she discovered her interest in the Tudor period and wrote the international bestseller The Other Boleyn Girl, which became a major film starring Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. She has written several bestselling novels set in the Tudor period and The Cousins' War series which is to be a major TV production. This book is the first of a new series of novels set in medieval Europe: Order of Darkness.
Philippa's other great interest is the charity that she founded nearly twenty years ago: Gardens for The Gambia. She has raised funds and paid for 160 wells for the primary schools of this poor African country. A former student of Sussex University, and a PhD and Alumna of the Year at Edinburgh University, her love of history is the hallmark of her writing. She lives with her family on a small farm in Yorkshire. She welcomes visitors to her site www.PhilippaGregory.com

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1849833346
• ISBN 13: 9781849833349
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352