Showing posts with label Innocent Traitor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Innocent Traitor. Show all posts

Hi histo-fiction addicts such as myself! Thanks for coming back and reading this two-part post about the Ladies Jane, Elizabeth and Jacquetta. You can click here to read about the first part where I discussed Innocent Traitor and The Lady Elizabeth. Now let's get down to business and talk about the Lady of the Rivers as promised. ;)

I don’t know if you’ve heard of her because she isn’t a character who gets discussed so much on a mainstream level. I got curious about her when I watched the TV adaptation of  The White Queen, another book by Philippa Gregory. I asked myself if what kind of woman would have the guts to go toe to toe with King Edward IV’s mother, Duchess Cecily of York when she is just a mere wife of a baron. Further readings about her life gave me all the answers. So many kings and queens are descended from her so I think she's a rock star! 

My love for historical fiction novels has brought me straight into the arms of Alison Weir and Philippa Gregory; two British authors who write extensively about the subject. Like any girl, when I was little I wanted to be a princess, which later translated to obsession over kings, queens, kingdoms and royal families. Reading about royalty made me realize that their lives are fraught with a lot of controversy. In high school and college I read about Queen Victoria but then I decided to dig deeper and I slowly realized that the lives of princesses or ladies like  the Middle Ages or Tudor Period are whole lot more interesting if not challenging.

Oh! To be a lady.. but what are the pros and cons. Meet Jane, Jacquetta and Elizabeth.