<Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 978 - 1 - 84737 - 455 - 4 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> The Red Queen </Td> </Tr> <P> The White Queen is a 2009 historical novel by Philippa Gregory, the first of her series The Cousins' War . It tells the story of Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort of King Edward IV of England . The 2013 BBC One television series The White Queen is a 10 - part adaptation of Gregory's novels The White Queen, The Red Queen (2010) and The Kingmaker's Daughter (2012), and features Rebecca Ferguson as Elizabeth Woodville . </P> <P> Gregory's 2011 novel The Lady of the Rivers is a prequel to The White Queen, narrated by Elizabeth's mother Jacquetta of Luxembourg . </P>

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