The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 15 books · 2001 to 2022 · Mostly set in London

Philippa Gregory

RomanceHistorical fictionHistorical romanceMedieval and TudorFamily saga

Philippa Gregory writes historical fiction about the women of English royal history. The Other Boleyn Girl follows Mary Boleyn; the Cousins' War novels tell the Wars of the Roses through its queens; the Fairmile books follow an ordinary family of the Thames marshes.

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Philippa Gregory books in order

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Tudor Court

6 books · Set in LondonHistorical romanceMedieval and Tudor
  1. 1The Other Boleyn Girl2001With Mary BoleynBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Queen's Fool2004With Hannah GreenBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Virgin's Lover2004With Elizabeth IBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Constant Princess2005With Katherine of AragonBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Boleyn Inheritance2006Buy on Amazon
  6. 6The Other Queen2008Buy on Amazon

The Cousins' War

6 books · Set in LondonHistorical romanceMedieval and Tudor
  1. 1The White Queen2009With Elizabeth WoodvilleBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Red Queen2010With Margaret BeaufortBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Lady of the Rivers2011With Jacquetta of LuxembourgBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Kingmaker's Daughter2012With Anne NevilleBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The White Princess2013With Elizabeth of YorkBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The King's Curse2014With Margaret PoleBuy on Amazon

Fairmile

3 books · Set in ChichesterFamily saga
  1. 1Tidelands2019With Alinor ReekieBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Dark Tides2020With Alinor ReekieBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Dawnlands2022With Alinor ReekieBuy on Amazon

Characters

14 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

The Tudor court

The Cousins' War

Fairmile