The novel opens in May 1465 as the Neville family arrive at the Tower of London to pay homage to the new queen consort Elizabeth Woodville. The White Queen The Red Queen The Kingmaker's Daughter Anne is portrayed by Faye Marsay in the miniseries The White Queen. Once the boys are imprisoned in the Tower, Anne and Richard are crowned King and Queen of England fulfilling a dream that her father had of a grandchild of his being heir to the throne. After the death of Edward IV, Anne encourages her husband to usurp the English crown from his young nephews. After her return to England she is widowed and remarries Richard Duke of Gloucester previously a ward of her father and a childhood friend to Anne. When her father aligns himself with Margaret Anjou to place her son Edward of Westminster on the English throne, Anne is married to Edward and becomes a contender for the title of Queen of England. She supports her father's ambitions even if it's departmental to her happiness or her loyalty to the house of York. Despite her youth, she learns considerably from her father in the art of statecraft and is observant of her father's attempts to regain his waning influence over Edward IV after his marriage to Elizabeth Woodville. She is the second born daughter of "The Kingmaker" Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and the sister of Isabel Neville. She is featured in The White Queen and The Red Queen and is the protagonist of The Kingmaker's Daughter. Anne Neville is one of the main characters of the Cousin's War series.
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