Scars from the Past

by Derek Birks Book 5 in the The Wars of the Roses series.

First published 2016

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By 1481 England has enjoyed a decade without civil war, but the Elder family has not escaped the consequences of the earlier conflict. John Elder, heir to a legacy he does not want, abandons home and inheritance to serve as a mercenary in Flanders, leaving his relatives in Ludlow to deal with a ruthless enemy of their own.

The danger becomes political when Edward, Prince of Wales—the future Edward V—is drawn into the struggle. John must decide whether to return to a family and duty he tried to leave behind, while the Elders discover that old violence can survive long after armies have left the field. The novel begins the younger generation’s passage into the final crisis of the Wars of the Roses.