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Full Name	Philippa Gregory
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Jan 9, 1954(1954-01-09)
Age	70
Birthplace	Kenya
Country	Kenya
Horoscope	Capricorn

Philippa Gregory Biography

Philippa Gregory is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on January 9, 1954 in Kenya, Kenya. British historical fiction author most well known for her 2001 novel The Other Boleyn Girl. The book won Romantic Novel of the Year in 2002 and was made into a feature film in 2008.

Scarlett Johansson was cast as Mary Boleyn in the film adaptation of The Other Boleyn Girl.

Philippa Gregory (born 9 January 1954) is an English historical novelist who has been publishing since 1987. The best known of her works is The Other Boleyn Girl (2001), which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists’ Association and has been adapted into two separate films.

Philippa Gregory is a patron of The UK Chagos Support Association, which supports the Chagos islanders in their legal disputes with the British government. The people of Chagos were relocated by the British government when the archipelago in the Indian Ocean was cleared in the 1960s and 1970s to make way for an important U.S. airbase. Gregory often speaks about the Chagossians’ situation and lobbies the government to take action.

She was married three times and had six children and stepchildren.

Philippa Gregory Net Worth

Philippa Gregory is one of the richest Novelist from Kenya. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Philippa Gregory 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She studied English and history at the University of Sussex, and got her doctorate in 18th Century literature from the University of Edinburgh.

In 1993, she established the charity Gardens for The Gambia, which builds low- cost, easy to maintain wells in the gardens of schools and communities in The Gambia.

Philippa Gregory was born on 9 January 1954 in Nairobi, at that time serving as capital city of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya (modern-day Republic of Kenya), the second daughter of Elaine (Wedd) and Arthur Percy Gregory, a radio operator and navigator for East African Airways. When she was two years old, her family moved to Bristol, England.

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Who is Philippa Gregory Dating?

According to our records, Philippa Gregory married to Paul Carter, Anthony Mason. As of December 1, 2023, Philippa Gregory’s is not dating anyone.

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Gregory has also published a series of books about the Plantagenets, the ruling houses that preceded the Tudors, and the Wars of the Roses. Her first book The White Queen, published in 2009, centres on the life of Elizabeth Woodville the wife of Edward IV. The Red Queen, published in 2010, is about Margaret Beaufort the mother of Henry VII and grandmother to Henry VIII. The Lady of the Rivers (2011), is the life of Jacquetta of Luxembourg, mother of Elizabeth Woodville. The Kingmaker’s Daughter, published in 2012, is about Anne Neville, the wife of Richard III, and The White Princess (2013) centres on the life of Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII and the mother of Henry VIII. The latest work is the 2017 novel The Last Tudor. The 2013 BBC One television series The White Queen is a 10-part adaptation of Gregory’s novels The White Queen, The Red Queen and The Kingmaker’s Daughter (2012).

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Philippa Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kenya. Philippa Gregory celebrates birthday on January 9 of every year.

In 2013, Helen Brown of The Telegraph wrote that “Gregory has made an impressive career out of breathing passionate, independent life into the historical noblewomen whose personalities had previously lain flat on family trees, remembered only as diplomatic currency and brood mares.” She added, “Gregory’s historical fiction has always been entertainingly speculative (those tempted to sneer should note that she’s never claimed otherwise) and comes with lashings of romantic licence.”

What is the order of Philippa Gregory's books?

• Tidelands.
• Dark Tides (released November 2020)
• The Lady of the Rivers.
• The White Queen.
• The Red Queen.
• The Kingmaker’s Daughter.
• The Constant Princess.
• The King’s Curse.

Are Philippa Gregory's books historically accurate?

The idea that they have authority is ludicrous.” Susan Bordo criticised Gregory’s claims to historical accuracy as “self-deceptive and self-promoting chutzpah”, and notes that it is not so much the many inaccuracies in her work as “Gregory’s insistence on her meticulous adherence to history that most aggravates the …

Who is the Red Queen based on Philippa Gregory?

The inspiration for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The White Queen,

1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings to life

Margaret Beaufort , heiress to the red rose of Lancaster, who charts her way through treacherous alliances to take control of the English throne.

Are Philippa Gregory books factual?

The author of The Other Boleyn Girl, The Taming of the Queen, and most recently The Last Tudor, Gregory writes historical fiction – and is indisputably a genre novelist herself.

What order should I read the Plantagenet and Tudor novels?

• The Lady of the Rivers.
• The White Queen.
• The Red Queen.
• The Kingmaker’s Daughter.
• The White Princess.
• The Constant Princess.
• The King’s Curse.
• Three Sisters, Three Queens.