This Son of York

by Anne Easter Smith Book 6 in the York Family Novels series.

First published 2019

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Richard of Gloucester grows up as the youngest surviving son of Richard, Duke of York, in a family whose claim to the throne drives England into civil war. Service to his brother Edward IV, marriage to Anne Neville and command in the north shape a reputation for loyalty and administrative ability, but Edward’s sudden death places Richard at the centre of a succession crisis. The novel follows his acceptance of the crown, the disappearance of his nephews, rebellion and defeat at Bosworth. Written as the concluding volume of Anne Easter Smith’s York-family sequence, it offers a sympathetic but troubled portrait of Richard III from childhood to death.

Historical Periods

Yorkist England1461–1485 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Dynastic & Royal Fiction War Fiction

Historical people

Henry VII1457–1509 Edward IV1442–1483 Richard III1452–1485 Margaret of Anjou1430–1482 Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York1411–1460 Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick1428–1471 George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence1449–1478 Anne Neville1456–1485 Cecily Neville, Duchess of York1415–1495