Historical Story

The Lady of the Rivers: A Novel (War of the Roses)
Author: Philippa Gregory
Genre: History/ Fiction
Publisher: Simon and Schuster UK
Year: 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84737-459-2

Philippa Gregory is a historian with a flair for writing. In The Other Boleyn Girl, she had captured the scene and the mood as accurately as can be with her in depth knowledge of English History.

The Lady of the Rivers is about Elizabeth Woodville's mother Jacquetta, and Elizabeth herself married in secret to King Edward IV. There is not much about Jacquetta in history books, we all know that men were the stories' main characters. She was right when she wrote that women cannot be seen to have power, because men will try can crush the power. Men made rules, and then fight to undo it, that was why the Cousin's War was fought, it was Power.
The Cousin's War was after the 100 year war after Joan of Arc. I do not have to remind you how that went. All Philippa did was to tell a story, and she tries to be accurate, without much information about the woman who was accused to witchcraft.

The description can sometimes be a bit tedious, but this book leads your heart, makes you understand that we are lucky to be living in a century of relative peace. Where wars are fought with brains and not brawn, God forbid should some crazy power mad country decides to throw a nuclear bomb again.