On Monday 19th September at 7.30pm in the Guy Nelson Hall, Warwick School
Philippa Gregory talked about her new books ‘The Lady of The Rivers’ and ‘The Women Of The Cousins’ War’
Before an audience of around 300 which packed the Guy Nelson Hall, number one best-selling author Philippa Gregory talked about her new novel in the Cousins’ War series ‘The Lady Of The Rivers’ which is the story of Jacquetta Woodville, mother of the White Queen.
Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou’s close friend and a Lancaster supporter – until the day that her daughter Elizabeth Woodville fell in love and married the rival king Edward IV.
Of all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglected. With her links to Melusina, and to the founder of the house of Luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, Philiipa explained how she is the most haunting of heroines, and why she came to write about her.
Of all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglected. With her links to Melusina, and to the founder of the house of Luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, Philiipa explained how she is the most haunting of heroines, and why she came to write about her.
She also discussed with Michael Joneshistorian and co-author ‘The Women Of The Cousins’ War – The Duchess, the Queen and the King’s Mother’ her first non-fiction account of the period. Between them they looked at the history of the women in her novels….Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Jacquetta Woodville.
We arranged this event for Warwick Words as an Xtra event. We are really grateful
to the publisher Simon & Schuster for enabling us to put the event on.
