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Philippa Gregory is a celebrated British historical fiction author, recognized for her works that delve into the lives of historical figures and events, particularly during the Wars of the Roses. Born on January 9, 1954, she has gained prominence in the genre, with her novels often adapted for television and film.

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Famous Philippa Gregory Quotes

“He is a young man with a future of power and opportunity and we are young women destined to be either wives and mothers at the very best, or spinster parasites at the worst.”

Women Mothers Spinsters

Book:The Boleyn Inheritance

Source: The Boleyn Inheritance

“Everything that highly educated men can do to obscure a simple truth, to make a woman doubt her feelings, to make her own thoughts a muddle, they do to her. They use their learning as a hurdle to herd her one way and then the other and then finally trap her in contradictions of which she can make no sense.”

Women History Feminism Oppression

Book:The Lady of the Rivers

Source: The Lady of the Rivers

“Poor little girl. Poor little girl," Nan says, and at first I think she is speaking of the baby, perhaps it is a girl after all. But then I realize she is speaking of me, a girl of thirteen years, whose own mother has said that they can let her die as long as a son and heir is born.”

Life Death Women History Personhood

Book:The Red Queen

Source: The Red Queen

“My mother? My own mother told my lady governess that if the baby and I were in danger then they should save the baby.”

Life Women History Childbirth Personhood

Book:The Red Queen

Source: The Red Queen

“Mother, before God," I say, my voice shaking with tears, "I swear that I have to believe that there is more for me in life than being wife to one man after another, and hoping not to die in childbirth!”

Women History Personhood

Book:The Red Queen

Source: The Red Queen

“Like almost all girls I don't know the date of my birth: my parents did not trouble to record the day and the time. I only know the year and the season, and I only know the season because my mother had a great desire for asparagus when she was carrying me and swears that she ate it too green and her bellyache brought on my birth.”

Women History Birthdays

Book:The Lady of the Rivers

Source: The Lady of the Rivers

“She doesn't realize yet though men go to war it is the women who suffer--perhaps more than anyone.”

War Suffering Women

Book:The White Queen

Source: The White Queen

“The most powerful men of the kingdom have dragged a duchess down and sent her out to be a marvel to the common people of London. They are so deeply afraid of her that they took the risk to dishonor their own. They are so anxious to save themselves that they thought they should throw her aside.”

Politics Women History Witch Trials

Book:The Lady of the Rivers

Source: The Lady of the Rivers

“Men die in battle; women die in childbirth.”

Men War Purpose Religion Women History Childbirth Gender Roles

Book:The Red Queen

Source: The Red Queen

“The baby should always be saved in preference to the mother. That is the advice of the Holy Church, you know that. I was only reminding women of their duty. There is no need to make everything so personal, Margaret. You make everything into your own tragedy.”

Religion Women History Personhood

Book:The Red Queen

Source: The Red Queen

“Be a wife of whom he can make no complaint, Margaret. That is the best advice I can give to you. You will be his wife; that is to be his servant, his possession. He will be your master. You had better please him.”

Women Marriage History Ownership Personhood

Book:The Red Queen

Source: The Red Queen

About the Author

Born: January 9, 1954
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 154

Books & Sources

The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In)Related source material

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Philippa Gregory's Tudor Court 6-Book Boxed Set: The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Queen's Fool, The Virgin's Lover, and The Other QueenRelated source material

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