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ORIGINAL: lovethyself

I love her books (Phillipa Gregory for those that don't know). I haven't watched the series yet, but I'm currently reading The White Princess, her newest book, following Elizabeth and the beginning of Henry Tudors reign (sequal to the White Queen).

How is the series? Is it easy to follow? I watched The Other Boleyn Girl after having read the book, and I found it harder to follow the familial relationships and marriages in the movie. It's easier to reference someone as "my cousin so and so" in a first person narrative, to help keep it sorted, in text. I suppose that a tv series has much more time to reinforce that information.

I usually avoid watching something, because I'd rather read the book first, and then the movie/series never seems to measure up.

Theshytype, I personally loved reading her Tudor series. It took a bit to get into from book to book, because each book was following a different person (or multiple persons) so some of references to past events were coloured by that person's perspective and what they knew about the event. It made it more real for me, but it was different from reading other fiction where past events are set in stone by the story.

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ORIGINAL: Politesub53

Historically speaking it was very accurate, given it was made for TV. None of these shows are ever 100% accurate

I am not sure the "witchcraft" part was overdone, as it was common to throw those sort of accusations about in an age that was extremely God fearing. Richrd III passed the Titulas Regius act and mentioned whichcraft in that. The Next King (Henry) dissolved the act.

The whole thing about the War of the Roses isnt so much that it was a battle for the Crown, but it was a familial battle. It was indeed known at the time as "The War of the Cousins"

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ORIGINAL: lovethyself

I love her books (Phillipa Gregory for those that don't know). I haven't watched the series yet, but I'm currently reading The White Princess, her newest book, following Elizabeth and the beginning of Henry Tudors reign (sequal to the White Queen).

How is the series? Is it easy to follow? I watched The Other Boleyn Girl after having read the book, and I found it harder to follow the familial relationships and marriages in the movie. It's easier to reference someone as "my cousin so and so" in a first person narrative, to help keep it sorted, in text. I suppose that a tv series has much more time to reinforce that information.

I usually avoid watching something, because I'd rather read the book first, and then the movie/series never seems to measure up.

Theshytype, I personally loved reading her Tudor series. It took a bit to get into from book to book, because each book was following a different person (or multiple persons) so some of references to past events were coloured by that person's perspective and what they knew about the event. It made it more real for me, but it was different from reading other fiction where past events are set in stone by the story.