Regina roșie

by Philippa Gregory

Overview

Regina roșie, al doilea roman din ciclul dedicat Războiului celor Două Roze, îmbogățește galeria de femei puternice și influente creată de Philippa Gregory cu o figură emblematică pentru istoria Angliei: lady Margaret Beaufort, femeia ale cărei ambiție, inteligență și curaj au dus la întemeierea dinastiei Tudor. Romanul urmărește cu fidelitate transformarea ei uluitoare dintr-o tânără inocentă și pioasă de nouă ani, silită să se supună fără proteste dorințelor familiei pentru a încheia o căsătorie lipsită de iubire, într-o curteană abilă și hotărâtă. Ea nu se dă în lături de la cele mai primejdioase uneltiri, de la cele mai îndoielnice alianțe sau cele mai avantajoase căsătorii pentru a-și împlini visul cel mai fierbinte: acela de a-și vedea fiul pe tronul Angliei. Philippa Gregory zugrăvește în culori vii perioada adolescenței și maturității sale într-o Anglie sfâșiată de rivalitățile dintre Casa de Lancaster și Casa de York și devastată de bătăliile sângeroase din Războiul celor Două Roze.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789734665020
Publisher:	Polirom
Publication date:	12/08/2016
Series:	Top 10+
Sold by:	PUBLISHDRIVE KFT
Format:	eBook
File size:	893 KB
Language:	Romanian

About the Author

Philippa Gregory, author of the bestselling Wideacre trilogy and other celebrated historical novels, holds a B.A. in history and a Ph.D. in 18th-century literature. In her youth, however, the meticulous writer-researcher almost skipped going to university (she was, as she put it, "a bit of a rebel at school"). When she finally did enroll at Sussex University, she took a course taught by the historian Maurice Hutt, and the rest is -- what else? -- history.

"It was such a powerful experience that, really, it transformed my life," she explained in an interview with The Guardian. "I was looking for something that would explain everything -- I was that kind of earnest young woman! -- and history seemed to be able to do that."

Gregory earned her degree from Sussex, then traveled to Edinburgh to research 18th-century popular novels. The research spawned both a Ph.D. thesis and Gregory's first novel, Wideacre, which was a New York Times bestseller. It came, Gregory pointed out in a Barnes and Noble interview, "at a time when people wanted a new sort of historical fiction: more realistic, more radical, more sexy, and harder edged. That's how I see the world, so I never wrote for a market, I always wrote to reflect my own view of the period, and it has been phenomenally successful."

After extending Wideacre into a trilogy, Gregory continued to write fiction, delving into 16th-century witchcraft , 17th-century political turmoil, and 18th-century slave trading, as well as exploring contemporary life.

But while Gregory -- in her own view and in the views of many critics -- continued to improve as a writer, none of her books matched the popular success of Wideacre until she wrote The Other Boleyn Girl, a provocative tale of sexual politics in the court of Henry VIII, and The Queen's Fool, the story of a 14-year-old Jewish girl brought to the court of Queen Mary. Both novels became bestsellers and widely acclaimed storytelling tour de forces.

Gregory continues to mine the territory of Tudor England for stories -- and she continues with her historical research, building up an ever more dazzling, daring and complete picture of the period. "Accuracy is very important to me because I have a total commitment to history," Gregory told The Guardian. "It answered my deepest questions, of which, I suppose, the most profound is: `Why am I here?' Understanding your history can tell you that. It's how I understand who I am and where I came from. I would never lie to anyone about history."

Hometown:

Yorkshire, England

Date of Birth:

January 9, 1954

Place of Birth:

Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa

Education:

B.A. in history, Sussex University, 1982; Ph.D., 18th-century popular fiction, Edinburgh, 1984

Website:

http://www.PhilippaGregory.com