The White Queen

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However, it doesn’t take her long to realize that she is simply a pawn in her family’s ambitious plans. August 1485: King Richard III, confident of his reign, begins to take an interest in his niece Elizabeth of York.

She is particularly good at recreating the hushed tension of a battlefield before the bloodshed begins, while the scenes at court have a real sense of immediacy. Horses, carriages, swords, daggers, shields and spears, boats, beds, dogs, dungeons, castles, palaces, parliament, battles - it was all there.Controller of BBC Drama, Ben Stephenson, says: “One of the most ambitious series the BBC has made, this 10-part series is an epic drama that makes real history as gripping as the best fiction, featuring a cast of extraordinary new talent and some of our finest actors.

The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion.Executive Producer John Griffin said that on a trip to Bruges it was essential to come back to London with chocolate for colleagues at Company Pictures! In Belgium the series is supported by BNP Paribas Fortis Film Fund who support Belgium’s Tax Shelter and by the Belgian Broadcaster VRT.

History buffs from Shakespeare on have speculated about this fateful period, especially the end of Edward and Elizabeth's two sons, and Gregory invents plausible but provocative scenarios to explore those mysteries; she is especially poignant depicting Elizabeth in her later years, when her allegiance shifts toward Richard III (who may have killed her sons). Violent conflict, shocking betrayal and murder dominate Elizabeth’s life as Queen of England, passionate wife of Edward and devoted mother of their children. The young princes vanish and are presumed murdered, and though Elizabeth has not forgiven Richard for his execution of her brother Anthony and her son Richard Grey, she suspects that Buckingham, Margaret and Henry are more likely responsible for the disappearance of the boys as part of their own plotting to wrest the throne from Richard. For those of you who have been living under a BookTok rock and don’t know that Bridgerton was a book series first, now you do. Amy Licence, Cecily's biographer, states that Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, is portrayed in the first episode as "straight from the pages of a novel rather than the actual proud aristocrat who asserted her own right to rule".They are the claimants and kings who ruled England before the Tudors, and now Philippa Gregory brings them to life through the dramatic and intimate stories of the secret players: the indomitable women, starting with Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen. In medieval times no one cut their hair, so finding a real hair wig that long was quite the challenge.