1. A Rose for the Crown
Kate Haute rises from an uncertain place in fifteenth-century society to enter the households surrounding the House of York. Her relationship with Richard, Duke of Gloucester, develops while civil war, dynastic marriage and service to Edward IV repeatedly separate private loyalty from political duty. As Richard…
2. Daughter of York
Margaret of York grows up amid the victories and reversals that place her brother Edward IV on the English throne. The novel imagines a secret attachment to Anthony Woodville, brother of Queen Elizabeth, but dynastic policy sends Margaret to marry Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.…
3. The King’s Grace
Grace Plantagenet, an obscure illegitimate daughter of Edward IV, enters the household of the widowed Elizabeth Woodville after the Yorkist defeat at Bosworth. When a young claimant appears in Europe asserting that he is Richard of Shrewsbury, one of the missing Princes in the Tower, Grace…
4. Queen by Right
Cecily Neville is raised within the northern Neville affinity and married young to Richard, Duke of York. Their partnership carries her through long absences, continental service, the births and deaths of children and the collapse of Henry VI’s government. As Richard’s claim to the crown becomes…
5. Royal Mistress
Elizabeth Lambert, later remembered as Jane Shore, moves from a London merchant family into an unhappy marriage and then into the intimate world of Edward IV’s court. Her warmth and intelligence attract the king and his chamberlain William Hastings, giving her access to power without secure…
6. This Son of York
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…