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Authors: Philippa Gregory
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It was fascinating to me as a novelist to portray the York court as a centre of intrigue and a source of fear for the Warwick girls. Part of the joy of writing this series based on rivals and
enemies is turning the page upside down (as it were) and seeing a totally different picture. As an historian the known facts looked very different when I changed my viewpoint from my favourite,
Elizabeth Woodville, to my new heroine, Anne Neville. The confused conspiracy around the death of Isabel and the judicial murder of George suddenly becomes a far darker story with Elizabeth as the
villain.
Another reputation which I have had to address in this story is that of Richard III. As I suggest here and in
The White Queen
, I don’t subscribe to the Shakespearean parody that has
blackened his reputation for centuries. But also I don’t acquit him of usurpation. He might not have killed the princes but they would not have been in the Tower without the protection of
their mother except for his actions. What I think might have happened to the two royal boys is the subject of my next book, the story of their sister and Richard’s secret lover, Princess
Elizabeth of York:
The White Princess
.
I list here the books which have been most useful to me in writing
The Kingmaker’s Daughters
.
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