Bestselling author and historian philippa gregory presents a convincing and emotional portrait of three women at the very centre of the war of the roses. The war of the roses was a family fall out that raged for 30 years, scarring the english nation, yet ultimately giving birth to the tudors a dynasty that went on to rule england and wales for 117 years.at the centre of this turbulent feud were three women. Elizabeth woodville, the white queen, was the wife of edward iv, mother of the princes in the tower and maternal grandmother of henry viii. Margaret beaufort, the red queen, was the mother of first tudor king henry vii and paternal grandmother of henry viii. Anne neville was the daughter of the earl of warwick the most powerful man in the country and wife of richard iii england's most notorious king. Includes subtitles for the hard of hearing