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The White Queen
- Nefret
- Bibliomaniac
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- Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
- Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
- Location: Temple of Isis
Re: The White Queen
So, I finally got around to seeing the series. How many episodes does the book cover?
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
- Madeleine
- Bibliomaniac
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- Joined: August 2008
- Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
- Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
- Location: Essex/London
Re: The White Queen
I think it's the other way round ie I think the TV series covered the first 2 books - White and Red Queen but it's ages since it was on here so I might be wrong.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross
Re: The White Queen
That sounds about right.Madeleine wrote:I think it's the other way round ie I think the TV series covered the first 2 books - White and Red Queen but it's ages since it was on here so I might be wrong.
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Re: The White Queen
I thought the TV series covered: The White Queen, The Red Queen and The Kingmaker's Daughter which would make sense given the storylines involved but as I have never read (and am unlikely to read) these books, I can't say for certain. I think I would also be unlikely to watch a follow-up series unless it was better cast and better acted than the first one. The BBC is seriously losing its grip.
Currently reading - Emergence of a Nation State by Alan Smith
- Nefret
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 2994
- Joined: February 2009
- Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
- Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
- Location: Temple of Isis
Re: The White Queen
I liked the actor who played Richard III, but not the others so much. Might watch the next series, if only out of curiosity.
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
Re: The White Queen
It wasn't well reviewed over here which, I think, is why the BBC dropped out of making the follow-up.
Currently reading - Emergence of a Nation State by Alan Smith
- Nefret
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 2994
- Joined: February 2009
- Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
- Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
- Location: Temple of Isis
Re: The White Queen
The version I got was from Starz. Would they make a new series?
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
Re: The White Queen
As with most of these large-scale TV productions and like The White Queen which was a combined effort by the UK (BBC), French and other contributors, I believe The White Princess is being produced by a consortium of which Starz forms part. Starz would just have been the provider that picked up the first series for for viewing in the US. The BBC were definitely not interested in a follow-up and I suspect it is likely to get a prime-time slot (if any slot at all) in the UK as the ratings were not good and the reviews understandably bad. It will probably turn up on Amazon here but not sure that many people will be upset if we don't get it at all. I have limited experience of Starz productions (one series of which I couldn't even manage to finish one episode) and I think that was an Amazon offering in the UK.
Currently reading - Emergence of a Nation State by Alan Smith