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The White Queen
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox, Sandra Duncan, Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Summary
THE FIRST IN A STUNNING SERIES, THE COUSINS' WAR, FROM INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR PHILIPPA GREGORY
Set amid the tumult and intrigue of The War of the Roses, Philippa Gregory tells the story of one woman's ambitious ascent to royalty during the unsolved mystery around her sons' imprisonment in the Tower in a captivating family drama.
Elizabeth Woodville is a common woman who ascends to royalty by virtue of her beauty. A woman who rises to the demands of her position and fights tenaciously for the success of her family. A woman whose two sons become the central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the Princes in the Tower. Their fate remains unknown to this day.
From her uniquely qualified perspective, Philippa Gregory explores the most famous unsolved mystery, informed by impeccable research and framed by her inimitable storytelling skills.
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- V.P-C
- 24-10-23
Excellent book!
I really love Philippa Gregory's books.
Read beautifully too - I highly recommend this title.
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-10-24
Whyyyy the music at the beginning of each chapter?
This would have been immeasurably better if it were read without the jarring and unnecessary blasts of music.
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- L. Fuchs
- 17-09-11
Fox is a dull little mouse...again...
I have a very mixed view of Phillipa Gregory and historical fiction generally but once you've read all the political and military history, and taken in your Shakespeare's history plays(the epitome of historical, I guess), you don't have anywhere else to go to get your fix. I am very keen to discover as much as possible about the women in the cousins' war, all of whom seem to have played crucial roles.
Audible seems to have started a nasty habit of releasing abridged versions of audio books and then sometime later releasing an unabridged recording, often by a different reader or cast. I think I should get my money back for the abridged version of the White Queen as I have just had to purchase the unabridged version. What can I say? I like books and prefer to read or listen to them in the way the author intended.
As for this version of the White Queen, if was utterly spoiled for my by the 'performance' of the over-rated, over-employed Emilia Fox. I must be great to belong to an acting dynasty but whilst the girl can just about hack playing dull yet attractive juvenile leads on tv, she simply can't act well enough to narrate novels with the skills and complexities that that involves. She completely destroyed Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love (one of my all time faves but no thanks to her!) The sequel was redeemed by the peerless Patricia Hodge reading Love in a Cold Climate. Now that woman is an actor - that means she can play characters other than herself. I have yet to hear Ms Fox manage that with any of the characters she is presumably meant to be bringing to life in her readings. Get rid, please.
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- Nicky Noodle
- 24-07-19
enjoyed :)
Enjoyes the book, feel like i know more about history through story which is great!
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- Mary Atkins
- 04-05-20
Excellent...
Loved it all. Can't wait to start the next book. very addictive listening for when there's a lockdown .
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- RoseWood
- 07-08-14
Loved It!!!
What did you like most about The White Queen?
I liked that it was based on historical fact and was well researched by the author.
Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances? How does this one compare?
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- Naomi Skilling
- 28-07-18
A good book but I'd like more
A good story and Emilia Fox is a great narrator. I only wish we had the full unabridged version of this audiobook.
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- RP
- 22-01-19
Fascinating
Fascinating story and insight into this period in history. I have enjoyed ths book from start to finish
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-10-22
Great story
I love Phillipa Gregory's series on the cousins war. Great stories, well researched and well told.
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- M. Bashford
- 08-08-22
History made enjoyable
Read by my favourite actress Amelia Fox enjoyed this book never could get into history at school but when told in these great novels I've learnt so much
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