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the Goodreads Team asked Philippa Gregory:

If you could live in another period of time, when would it be? Why?

Philippa Gregory I have a very strict rule on this! No woman should wish to live before 1960 – life without reliable contraception was always a constant anxiety. No woman who wants political power could be happy before we got the vote in the 1920s. No woman wanting an education should live in any period before women were admitted to universities and could graduate – so the 1920s for the UK. No married woman could own her own property before 1870 – you fundamentally became part of your husband's estate. In short, despite the dresses and the jewels for the upper classes the best time to be a woman in the western world is probably now.

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Saida

Saida asked Philippa Gregory:

Which book did you have the most fun writing and which one was more difficult to write than the rest?

Ember August

Ember August asked Philippa Gregory:

Greetings Ms Gregory, I've read many of your books, all of your Cousin's War series, and I look forward to reading your newest book, The Taming of the Queen. I'm wondering if you believe that Perkin Warbeck was truly the young Prince Richard? Have you ever considered writing his story?

Maureen

Maureen asked Philippa Gregory:

In your "Cousin's War" series, you have characters constantly put down Anne Neville, and in the "Kingmaker's Daughter" you make her unlikeable. Why do you hate Anne Neville? And why take the time to write a whole book on her when she should be written by someone who truly is intrigued by her and her life?

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