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- Author
- Philippa Gregory
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 432
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Limited, Thorndike Press, Touchstone
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781849833639
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Philippa Gregory was born on 9 January 1954 in Nairobi, Kenya, the second daughter of Elaine (Wedd) and Arthur Percy Gregory, a radio operator and navigator for East African Airways. When she was two years old, her family moved to England. She was a "rebel" at school, but managed to attend the University of Sussex. She worked in BBC radio for two years before attending the University of Edinburgh, where she earned her doctorate in 18th-century literature, and she was named Alumna of the Year 2009. She has taught at the University of Durham, University of Teesside, and the Open University, and was made a Fellow of Kingston University in 1994. Philippa wrote her first novel Wideacre while comp
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