Steve Donoghue’s posts from the original Open Letters Monthly Archives.
King Henry VII's victory at Bosworth transferred the crown of England to the new Tudor dynasty - but it also left many Plantagenets hanging around making Henry VII anxious. His son Henry VIII shared that anxiety, and his gradually-increasing persecution of the last remaining Plantagenets is the heart of Philippa Gregory's new novel.
Read More"The Cousins' War" - Philippa Gregory's ongoing novelization of the Wars of the Roses - reaches an epic turning point in her latest book, about the precarious founding of the Tudor dynasty
Read MoreBest-selling author Philippa Gregory's new novel tells the story of Anne and Isabel Neville, the Wars of the Roses ... and a certain misunderstood bad boy.
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