1464. Cousin is at war with cousins, as the houses of York and Lancaster tear themselves apart ......And Elizabeth Woodville, a young widow, armed only woth her beauty and her steely determinations, seduces and marries the charismatic warrior king, Edward IV of York. Crowned Queen of England, surroundef by conflict, betrayal and murder, Elizabeth rises to the demands of her position, fighting tenaciously for her family's survival. Most of all she must defect her two sons, who become the central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the missing Princes in the tower.Set amid in the tumult and intrigue of the Wars of the Roses, thi is the first of a stunning nrw series, in which internationally bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings this extraordinary drama to vivid life through the women - beginning with Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen