A woman of beauty and ambition captures a king’s heart and changes the fate of a nation.
Elizabeth Woodville’s rise from obscurity to the throne begins with a forbidden marriage to Edward IV, England’s newly crowned king. As she claims her place beside him, she defies the nobility who scorn her and the powerful families who plot her downfall. Guided by her mother Jacquetta’s ancient wisdom, Elizabeth must fight to secure her children’s future and the crown that hangs by a thread.
Set amid the deadly Wars of the Roses, Philippa Gregory’s The White Queen brings to life the legend of the princes in the Tower and the queen whose love and ambition shaped England’s destiny.
