The White Queen- My Review

Hello, my lovely Royal Daily Tea family! I have another great movie and book recommendation for you today! The book The White Queen was written by Philippa Gregory a well renowned historical fiction author. Philippa has a whole series on the royals during the War of Roses time period.

The war of the roses is one of my favorite times in history where you had the royal battle of two households for the throne of England. You had the House of Plantagenets two branches the Lancasters and the Yorks. The White Queen focuses on the York side of the battle with the main focus on Elizabeth Woodville who would later become the grandmother to King Henry VIII. Elizabeth’s daughter later marries King Henry VII the first Tudor king whose marriage stops the end of the War of the Roses.

Elizabeth was a widower with kids when she happened upon the future king and asked for his assistance. They fell in love and were secretly wed. This was not well received as King Edward IV was promised to marry another for an alliance. The marriage of these two helped to spark the war of the roses and the bloody battle that would eventually unite the two houses into the Tudors. Two of Elizabeth’s sons become the missing “princes of the tower”. This is still a huge mystery that still exists today about the princes in the Tower of London. Who is responsible and who did it to them?

The White Queen is the first book in the series that was turned into a tv special on the Starz Network with a great cast of stars. The costumes, acting, and scenery are very well done, I recommend you watch the whole series and also check out Philippa Gregory’s books!

You can check out the White Queen on Starz, and the BBC Network. You can buy the series of the War of the Roses books here.