Įach woman is affiliated to a belligerent house: Jacquetta to the Lancasters, Elizabeth to the Yorks and Margaret to the Tudors. The book also contains illustrations, family trees, maps and timelines. These coincide with three of Gregory's Cousins' War novels, The Lady of the Rivers (2011), The White Queen (2009) and The Red Queen (2010), respectively. The book consists of an introduction by Gregory and three biographical essays: the first is about Jacquetta of Luxembourg, written by Gregory the second is about Jacquetta's daughter Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort of Edward IV of England, written by Baldwin and the third is about Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England, written by Jones. It is a non-fiction work that explores the lives of three prominent women of the historical Wars of the Roses, all of whom Gregory has featured in her Cousins' War series of novels. She lives in the North of England with her family and in addition to interests that include riding, walking, skiing and gardening (an interest born from research into the Tradescant family for her novel Virgin Earth) she also runs a small charity building wells in school gardens in The Gambia.The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen and the King's Mother is a 2011 book by historical novelist Philippa Gregory and historians David Baldwin and Michael K. This novel was listed in Feminist Book Fortnight and for the Romantic Novel of the Year at the same time. Wideacre was followed by a haunting sequel, The Favoured Child, and the delightful happy ending of the trilogy: Meridon. On its publication, she became a full-time writer. Her first novel, Wideacre, was written as she completed her PhD and became an instant worldwide bestseller. Philippa obtained a BA degree in History at the University of Sussex in Brighton and a PhD at Edinburgh University in 18th-century literature. She worked as a senior reporter on the Portsmouth News, and as a journalist and producer for BBC Radio. Born in Kenya in 1954, Philippa Gregory moved to England with her family and was educated in Bristol and at the National Council for the Training of Journalists course in Cardiff.
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