Waiting on Wednesday, #8 - The White Princess by Philippa Gregory

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by  Breaking the Spine  showcasing upcoming books that we are waiting, often impatiently, to be released.

My WoW pick this week is....





The White Princess (The Cousins' War #5) by Philippa Gregory
Expected release date - July 23rd 2013
Published by Touchstone
Kindle Edition, 544 pages
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Description (from Goodreads)

The newest novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory tells the passionate story of Elizabeth of York, daughter of the White Queen, who gets caught in the middle of a battle for the crown of England. The White Princess opens as the news of the battle of Bosworth is brought to Princess Elizabeth of York, who will learn not only which rival royal house has triumphed, Tudor or York, but also which suitor she must marry: Richard III her lover, or Henry Tudor her enemy.

A princess from birth, Elizabeth fell in love with Richard III, though her mother made an arranged betrothal for her with the pretender to the throne: Henry Tudor. When Henry defeats Richard against all odds, Elizabeth has to marry the man who murdered her lover in battle, and create a new royal family with him and his ambitious mother: Margaret Beaufort, The Red Queen. But, while the new monarchy can win, it cannot, it seems, hold power in an England which remembers the House of York with love.

The new king’s greatest fear is that somewhere, outside England, a prince from the House of York is waiting to invade and re-claim the throne for the house of York. Fearing that none of his new allies can be trusted, Henry turns to his wife to advise him, all the time knowing that her loyalties must be divided. When the young man who would be king finally leads his army and invades England, it is for Elizabeth to decide whether she recognizes him as her brother and a claimant to the throne, or denies him in favor of the husband she is coming to love…

Why I want to read it

 I am a big fan of Philippa Gregory and loved her Tudor series of books. A year or so ago I discovered The White Queen, the first in the Cousins War series, and I liked it immensely. Then I read the Red Queen and loved that too! The third in series started to drag on and I lost interest so therefore I've not finished it or read The Kingmakers Daughter (#4 ). But The White Princess sounds like it will be fantastic.

 Elizabeth of York was Henry the 8th mother and since I do love all things Tudor dynasty I'm excited to read this. Plus I've already read about Elizabeth in the White Queen so I have already developed a liking for her character.

 I also wanted to mention that there is a new television series out based on the Cousins War series entitled The White Queen. I have watched the first episode and I really like it. I love all of the actors and thought that they each did a wonderful job playing their parts, with the exception of Anthony, Elizabeth Grey's (the queen) brother. I liked him a lot better in the book.


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