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Phillipa Gregory: “To combine the truth of an historical record with the truth that can be told in a novel is, I think a great challenge and a great pleasure”.

Philippa Gregory – English novelist, broadcaster and newspaper reviewer, was born 9th January 1954 in Kenya (a bit far from the UK we know!) Her family moved to England when she was two years old. As a young adult, Philippa attended the University of Sussex, and afterwards worked with BBC radio for two years, until going on to study for her doctorate in 17th-century literature at the University of Edinburgh. Continue Reading