The inspiration for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The Light Queen, #1 NY Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory provides alive the extraordinary story of Elizabeth Woodville, a woman who rises from obscurity to become Queen of England, and changes the span of history forever.

Elizabeth Woodville is a female of amazing beauty and ambition. Her mom is Jacquetta, also known as the mystical lady of the streams, and she actually is even more determined to bring power and wealth about The Light Queen towards the family members line. While traveling in the woods 1 day, Elizabeth captures the attentions from the newly crowned Ruler Edward IV and, despite her common upbringing, marries him in magic formula.

When she actually is raised up to be his queen, the English courtroom is outraged, but Elizabeth goes up to the demands of her exalted placement and fights for her family’s dominance. Yet despite her best efforts, and even with the help of her mother’s power, her two sons become pawns within a popular unsolved mystery that has confounded historians for years and years: the lost princes in the Tower of London.

Within this dazzling account of the deadly Wars of the Roses, brother turns on brother to win the ultimate award: the throne of Britain.