Red Rose, White Rose

by Joanna Hickson

First published 2014

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4.2(1,054)

Cecily Neville grows up within the powerful Neville family and is betrothed as a child to Richard, Duke of York. Told through Cecily and her fictional half-brother Cuthbert, the novel follows the marriage as Richard’s royal descent, territorial power and political rivalry with the Lancastrian court draw the couple towards open conflict.

Cecily becomes the mother of Edward IV, George of Clarence and Richard III while enduring campaigns, exile, imprisonment and bereavement. Her birth into a Lancastrian household and marriage into the Yorkist cause give the novel its central division, using one family’s relationships to trace the escalation of the Wars of the Roses.

Historical Periods

Wars of the Roses1455–1487 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction War Fiction

Historical people

Edward IV1442–1483 Richard III1452–1485 Henry VI1421–1471 Margaret of Anjou1430–1482 Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York1411–1460 George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence1449–1478 Cecily Neville, Duchess of York1415–1495