The historical drama The White Queen drew me in right from the beginning. Based on the “Cousins’ War” novels by Philippa Gregory, it tells the story of the rise of Elizabeth Woodville, wife of King Edward IV, during the Wars of the Roses. The show...
Elizabeth Woodville was born in 1436 as the daughter of the widowed Jacquetta of Luxemburg and her second husband Sir Richard Woodville. She should be seen as one of the most prominent female figures in the War of the Roses; an English war between Yorkshire (the White...
