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England: Wars of the Roses, Lancasters & Yorks

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Lancastrian Kings 

(Yorks are below)

Henry IV - Henry V - Henry VI - 14th Century

Henry IV     1399–1413

0747233667 A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury
Author: Edith Pargeter Buy New: $10.80

Henry IV becomes jealous of the friendship between his son and a knight.

1590870344 Both Sides the Border
Author: G. A. Henty Buy New: $19.95

A novel of stirring times at the start of the Wars of the Roses.

1403333556 Falcons of Ormond
Author: Barbara J. Pond Buy New: $32.45

Henry V     1413–1422

0486428419 Men of Iron
Author: Howard Pyle Buy New: $9.95

In seeking to avenge his unjustly accused father, young Myles Falworth
is knighted and wins the friendship of King Henry IV. 

0399103163 Fortune Made His Sword
Author: Martha. Rofheart
B000H5L3DG Royal Sword at Agincourt
Author: Pamela Bennetts

 

Henry VI     1422-1461, 1470-1471

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0141441399 The Black Arrow
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson, John Sutherl...; Buy New: $9.60

May, 1460, five years into the War of the Roses, and England is in
turmoil. Dick Shelton, a ward of the ruthless Sir Daniel Brockley,
discovers his guardian was responsible for his father's murder. He flees
to join the Black Arrows, a group of outlaws who avenge wrongdoings. 


1400082528 The Queen's Secret
Author: Jean Plaidy Buy New: $11.16

A biographical novel of Katherine of Valois, the widow of Henry V, who
secretly married Owen Tudor, the welshman who founded the Tudor dynasty. 

1406953849 Two Penniless Princesses
Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge Buy New: $13.95

14th Century in general

006440630X The Midwife's Apprentice
Author: Karen Cushman; Buy New: $5.99

One frosty evening, a girl who has no home, no parents, and no name but
Brat finds shelter and warmth in a farmer's dung heap. There Jane the
Midwife finds her, and Brat becomes the midwife's apprentice as she
searches for a name, a full belly, and a place in the world.

0440418224 Matilda Bone
Author: Karen Cushman; Buy New: $5.99

Orphaned Matilda is not at all pleased when she arrives in Blood and
Bone Alley to become an assistant to Red Peg the Bonesetter. Matilda is a religious, well-educated girl who can't picture herself doing dirty
chores or helping sick patients. Through the kindness and friendship of
those around her, the high-and-mighty Matilda begins to see the world in
a different way.

0747254419 The Rose Demon
Author: Paul Doherty Buy New: $8.99
A man's love-hate relationship with a demon is played out against the
panorama of medieval England.

1590300483 The Changeling of Finnistuath
Author: Kate Horsley

The story of Grey, a 14th-century peasant girl raised as a boy, who
later becomes a warrior. 

0393315606 Morality Play
Author: Barry Unsworth Buy New: $11.86

Very well written rather chilling novel of players who wind up solving a
local murder and inventing the commedia dell arte style of theater. NH

0896931153 Wings of an Angel
Author: Sigmund Brouwer

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Yorkist Kings 

(Lancasters are above.)

Edward IV - Edward V - Richard III

Edward IV   1461-1470, 1471–1483

031237593X The Sunne In Splendour
Author: Sharon Kay Penman Buy New: $12.21

A lot of people's favorite book set in the  Midle Ages tracks the ascendancy of 
Edward IV and downfall of Richard III with the story as well of the Little Princes 
in the Tower.  NH

0449228916 The Goldsmith's Wife
Author: Jean Plaidy

Novel of Jane Shore, Edward IV's mistress.

0752445634 The King's Grey Mare
Author: Rosemary Hawley Jarman Buy New: $13.87

A novel of Elizabeth Woodville

0743272226 The Innocent
Author: Posie Graeme-Evans; Buy New: $11.20

A young peasant girl finds romance with King Edward IV. The first book
in the Anne de Bohun trilogy.

074344373X The Exiled
Author: Posie Graeme-Evans; Buy New: $11.20

Second in the Anne de Bohun trilogy. Now living in exile, Anne struggles
to raise her beloved son, the product of her passionate affair with
Edward IV.

0743443748 The Uncrowned Queen
Author: Posie Graeme-Evans; Buy New: $11.20

The Anne de Bohun trilogy concludes as England tears itself apart in the
War of the Roses.

0006132731 Woodville Wench
Author: Maureen Peters

Elizaveth Woodville, controversial wife of Edward IV.

Roger the Chapman Mysteries
Author:  Kate Sedley

A peddler of notions and sundries travels about England during Edward IV's reign.  Not always an attractive character, Roger nevertheless solves the mysteries he encounters.

Edward V     9 April–25 June 1483

0060580526 To the Tower Born
Author: Robin Maxwell Buy New: $11.86

A novel of the fate of the Princes in the Tower.

Richard III     1483–1485

0307346153 The Reluctant Queen
Author: Jean Plaidy; Buy New: $10.46

The queen of Richard III.

0747268495 The Seventh Son
Author: Reay Tannahill Buy New: $13.87

Richard III.

190449272X Treason
Author: Meredith Whitford Buy New: $16.91

Richard III.

B000JVOSQ2 White Boar
Author: Marian Palmer

Richard III.

0684803860 The Daughter of Time
Author: Josephine Tey Buy New: $11.20

Set in modern day England, this book about a police detective who 
investigates the murder of the Princes in the Tower is so well-beloved 
that we put it in here.  Who do you think "dun it"? NH

0975126482 The Rose of York
Author: Sandra Worth Buy New: $10.17
070895779X Beggarmaid Queen
Author: Maureen Peters

Novel about Anne Neville, wife of Richard III.

0312054297 The Fate of Princes
Author: P. C. Doherty

Murder investigation concerning Richard III and the Princes in the Tower.

031203315X Crown of Roses
Author: Valerie Anand

A richly detailed novel of England in the time of Richard III.

 

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