History YMMV / TheCousinsWarSeries

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Elizabeth Woodville, at least intended.

* Squick: how George is executed

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Elizabeth Woodville is supposed to leave an impression of a brave heroine, but the audience does not sympathize with her cause.

* LoveToHate: Earl of Warwick. He used his daughters as pawns to gain power in court and married Anne to the sadistic Prince Edward. At the same time, he is one of the well-liked character from the TV show, probably because he is played by James Frain.

* LovetoHate: Earl of Warwick. He used his daughters as pawns to gain power in court and married Anne to the sadistic Prince Edward. At the same time, he is one of the well-liked character from the TV show, probably because he is played by James Frain.

* JerkassWoobie: Margaret Beaufort in ''The Red Queen.'' She's portrayed as cold, calculating, self-absorbed, and treacherous, but if you consider her horrible childhood under the rule of an equally cold and cruel mother and how she was repeatedly raped by her much older husband at age twelve and had to go through childbirth at age thirteen, it's hardly a surprise that she turned out the way she did. Not the mention that fact that every single person in her life (save her second husband) bullied her for being passionate about praying and studying.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: ''The White Queen'' portrays Elizabeth as a brave, independent and intelligent woman who, although she's capable of behaving ruthlessly to protect herself and her family and her refusal to give up on the crown and be 'ordinary' eventually becomes a little too obsessive, is a far better person than most of the power-hungry and amoral DeadlyDecadentCourt. Margaret in ''The Red Queen'', on the other hand, dismisses her as a slut who seduced the king to gain power for her family and has no right to place her children on the throne. Isabel and Anne Neville, meanwhile, grow to hate and fear her in ''The King Maker's Daughter'', since they believe she's a witch who's cursed them. To be fair, they have some pretty compelling evidence for her being so (although, in keeping with the MagicalRealism of the series, it's left ambiguous).

* JerkassWoobie: Margaret Beaufort in ''The Red Queen.'' She's portrayed as cold, calculating, self-absorbed, and treacherous, but if you consider her horrible childhood under the rule of an equally cold and cruel mother and how she was repeatedly raped by her much older husband at age twelve and had to go through childbirth at age thirteen, it's hardly a surprise that she turned out the way she did. Not the mention that fact that every single person in her life (save her second husband) bullied her for being passionate about praying and studying.

* JerkassWoobie: Margaret Beaufort in ''The Red Queen.'' She's portrayed as cold, calculating, self-absorbed, and treacherous, but if you consider her horrible childhood under the rule of an equally cold and cruel mother and how she was repeatedly raped by her much older husband ''at age twelve,'' it's hardly a surprise that she turned out the way she did. Not the mention that fact that every single person in her life (save her second husband) bullied her for being passionate about praying and studying.

* JerkassWoobie: Margaret Beaufort in ''The Red Queen.'' She's portrayed as cold, calculating, self-absorbed, and treacherous, but if you consider her horrible childhood under the rule of an equally cold and cruel mother and how she was repeatedly raped by her much older husband ''at age twelve,'' it's hardly a surprise that she turned out the way she did. Not the mention that fact that every single person in her life (save her second husband) bullied her for being passionate about her faith and her passion for learning.

* JerkassWoobie: Margaret Beaufort in ''The Red Queen.'' She's portrayed as cold, calculating, self-absorbed, and treacherous, but if you consider her horrible childhood under the rule of an equally cold and cruel mother and how she was repeatedly raped by her much older husband ''at age twelve,'' it's hardly a surprise that she turned out the way she did.

** In fact, this applies to just about every major character in the series, since all the books are extremely biased towards their narrator's point of view. Men and women that naturally think of themselves as being in the right are seen from outside eyes and vice versa; people that are seen as conniving or treacherous will almost always have their motivations and beliefs explored in another book.

** In fact, this applies to just about every major character in the series, since all the books are extremely biased towards their narrator's point of view. To take just one example: George Duke of Clarence is seen by Elizabeth Woodville in ''The White Queen'' as conniving and treacherous, but ''The Kingmaker's Daughter'' portrays him more sympathetically and reveals that he genuinely believed Elizabeth killed his wife Isabel and their new born daughter through witchcraft.

** In fact, this applies to just about every major character in the series, since all the books are extremely biased towards their narrator's point of view. To take just one example: George Duke of Clarence is seen by Elizabeth Woodville in ''The White Queen'' as conniving and treacherous, but ''The Kingmaker's Daughter'' portrays him rather more sympathetically and reveals that he legitimately believed Elizabeth killed his wife Isabel and their new born daughter through witchcraft.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: ''The White Queen'' portrays Elizabeth as a brave, independent and intelligent woman who, although she's capable of behaving ruthlessly to protect herself and her family and her refusal to give up on the crown and be 'ordinary' eventually becomes a little too obsessive, is a far better person than most of the power-hungry and amoral DeadlyDecadentCourt. Margaret in ''The Red Queen'', on the other hand, dismisses her as a slut who seduced the king to gain power for her family and has no right to place her children on the throne.
** And Isabel and Anne Neville grow to hate and fear her in ''The King Maker's Daughter'', since they believe she's a witch who's cursed them. To be fair, they have some pretty compelling evidence for her being so (although, in keeping with the MagicalRealism of the series, it's left ambiguous).

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: ''The White Queen'' portrays Elizabeth as a brave, independent and intelligent woman who, although she's capable of behaving ruthlessly to protect herself and her family and her refusal to give up on the crown and be 'ordinary' eventually becomes a little too obsessive, is a far better person than most of the power-hungry and amoral DeadlyDecadentCourt. Margaret in ''The Red Queen'', on the other hand, dismisses her as a slut who seduced the king to gain power for her family and has no right to place her children on the throne.