Martin's books) but it often struggles to even be The Tudors. It's certainly no Game of Thrones (the huge success of which is almost certainly responsible for this series being made the Wars of the Roses were a major influence on George R.R. The series lurches from mediocrity to being outright terrible to having a couple of pretty decent episodes and then back again. The White Queen may be the very definition of 'inconsistent'. Or rather, it would if the series worked. This presents an interesting female perspective on a period of history traditionally dominated by accounts of battles and manly men strapping on armour. Other women also play important secondary roles, such as Margaret of York (Henry VII's bride-to-be), Isabel Neville (Anne's older sister) and Jacquetta, Lady Rivers (Elizabeth Woodville's mother). These are Elizabeth Woodville, the minor noble who becomes Queen Consort (unusual in a time when the king usually marries European royalty or nobility) the pious Margaret Beaufort, the mother of Henry Tudor (the future Henry VII) and Anne Neville, the younger daughter of Richard Neville and the future wife of the notorious Richard III. Unusually for this sort of series, the focus is less on the men and battles and more on the viewpoints and experiences of three women who played important roles in the period. The White Queen is a ten-part mini-series based on three novels from Philippa Gregory's Cousins' War series: The White Queen, The Red Queen and The Kingmaker's Daughter.
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