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Philippa Gregory's Wars of the Roses 2-Book Boxed Set: The Red Queen and The White Queen

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historical fiction historical drama past tense first POV ~1,067 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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oppressive paranoid melancholic

A dark historical fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count266,660
Page count~1,067 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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