Think Queen Elizabeth had to fight hard for her throne? She's got nothing on the Plantagenets. The White Queen, based on the Philippa Gregory novel of the same name, tells the story of another Queen Elizabeth: Elizabeth Woodville, the York queen near the end of the Wars of the Roses. If you're not familiar with this bit of British history, think Game of Thrones but substitute House of York and House of Lancaster for Stark and Lannister — oh, and make them cousins, too.
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