Red queen, paperback/philippa gregory

Paperback edition of the continuation of The Cousins War series.

Both The White Queen and The Red Queen went straight to No 1 on the hardback fiction bestseller list.

This has many of the same characters as The White Queen, but focuses on Margaret Beaufort, the mother of Henry VII, who takes centre stage in the bitter struggle of The War of the Roses.

She goes on to found the Tudor dynasty by making sure her son ascends to the throne.

A rattling good read The Times.