Kingdom of Rebels

by Derek Birks Book 3 in the The Wars of the Roses series.

First published 2014

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England in 1468 is outwardly ruled by Edward IV but increasingly divided by the king’s quarrel with Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. Ned Elder has been driven from England, leaving his family and retainers vulnerable on the Scottish border while Warwick’s influence reaches into every corner of the kingdom.

At Crag Tower, Eleanor Elder struggles to defend the family’s remaining stronghold and the young son Ned has scarcely known. Border violence and political conspiracy pull the scattered Elders back towards Yorkshire, where old enemies and new rebellions threaten to finish what the original feud began. The novel turns the family’s private struggle into part of the widening rupture within the Yorkist regime.