{"id":2678,"date":"2022-09-27T10:28:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T09:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/?post_type=authors&#038;p=2678"},"modified":"2023-08-25T17:26:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T16:26:26","slug":"philippa-gregory","status":"publish","type":"authors","link":"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/authors\/philippa-gregory\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippa Gregory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block_adeaffb5cd0b9ba1eb18b51a3b32bdf5\" class=\"wp-block-acf-author-intro \">\n    <div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n        <div class=\"cell medium-6 author-intro__image\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Philippa-Gregory-800x800-c-default.webp\" loading=\"lazy\">\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"cell medium-6 author-intro__content\">\n            <div class=\"quote\">\n                \n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"author-intro__interact\">\n                <div class=\"author-intro__socials\">\n                    <p>Share this page<\/p>\n                    <a target=\"newtab\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/authors\/philippa-gregory\/\" class=\"twitter\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\n                    <a target=\"newtab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/authors\/philippa-gregory\/\" class=\"facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-square\"><\/i><\/a>\n                    <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Reading Room Author Share&#038;body=Author: https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/authors\/philippa-gregory\/\" class=\"mail\"><i class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <section class=\"article-content\">\n                <div class=\"article-body\">\n                    <p>Philippa Gregory<span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">\u00a0is one of the world\u2019s foremost historical novelists. Author of bestselling novels such as\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\"><em>The Other Boleyn Girl<\/em> (2001) and <em>The White Queen<\/em> (2009), recently she has been working on <em>The Fairmile Series<\/em>, a trilogy which includes <em>Tidelands<\/em> (2019), <em>Dark Tides<\/em> (2020), and the upcoming <em>Dawnlands<\/em> (2022). Her work has been adapted for TV and cinema.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">She is\u00a0<\/span>a recognised authority on women\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/section>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"block_0fd38cb5065223c15d4f9f0f419b80fa\" class=\"wp-block-acf-carousel \">\n    <div class=\"grid-container\">\n        <div class=\"grid-x\">\n            <div class=\"cell\">\n\n                \n                \n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"image-overlays\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left\" src=\"\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"\">\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"carousel-slider\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" data-aos-duration=\"2000\">\n\n                            \n                    <!-- Video popup here -->\n                                                                                    <!-- end -->\n\n                    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When two unexpected visitors show up at a shabby warehouse on the south side of the river Thames, Alinor finds herself suddenly under threat. While her antagonists deceive and betray, she embarks on a mission to find the truth. Meanwhile, her brother Ned, a Cromwellian who fled after the restoration of Charles II, is trying to make a new life for himself between the worlds of the English newcomers and the Native Americans, as war is imminent. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Set in late 17th century, the novel follows the rise of the Tidelands between London, New England and Venice, as they fight sinister forces hellbent against them.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/books\/dark-tides\/\">Read more<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"block_6298802f7049bfa8bec098f8a9293b35\" class=\"wp-block-acf-custom-book-shelf \">\n\n    <div class=\"grid-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-x\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Author recommends<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"grid-container book-listings\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"cell medium-12\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"reveal quick-view\" id=\"quick-view-book-middlemarch\" data-reveal data-close-on-click=\"true\" data-reset-on-close=\"true\">\n    <div class=\"quick-book\">\n\n        <div class=\"book-image\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/George-Eliot-Middlemarch.webp\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/books\/middlemarch\/\">\n                <button class=\"read-more-btn\" type=\"button\">Read More<\/button>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"book-short\">\n            <h2>Middlemarch<\/h2>\n            <h3>By Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot)<\/h3>\n\n\n           \n                                     <div class=\"book-short__chosen\">\n                    <span>\n                        Recommended by: Philippa Gregory\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"book-short__book_info\">\n                <strong>Publish Date:<\/strong> 1871-1872\n            <\/div>\n\n            \n            <div class=\"book-short__book_content\">\n                In this novel set in the fictitious town of Middlemarch in the Midlands between 1829 and 1832, George Eliot follows the lives of four fascinating characters and their fortunes and misfortunes. 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