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PAGET, Guy

The Rose of London

Published 1934, Hardback

1471-83: story of Jane Shore.

 

PAGET, Guy

The Rose of Raby

Published 1937, Hardback

Life of Cicely Neville, Duchess of York.

 

PAGET, Guy

The Rose of Rouen

Published 1940, Hardback

1461-71: story of Edward IV.

 

PALMER, Marian

The White Boar

Published 1969, Hardback; 1970, Paperback

1465-85: through the eyes of Francis Lovell and his fictional cousin.

 

PALMER, Marian

The Wrong Plantagenet

Published 1972, Hardback; 1974, Paperback

Sequel to The White Boar; Philip Lovell’s son Simon joins supporters of Perkin Warbeck.

 

PENMAN, Sharon

The Sunne in Splendour

Published 1983, Hardback; 1984, Paperback

1459-85: a detailed (over 1,000 pages) and sympathetic account of Richard’s life as loyal brother, devoted husband and father, and trusting friend.

 

PENN, Danae

False Rumours

Published 2017, Paperback

It is 1483 and Belina Lansac sells medallions and statues to pilgrims in Condon Cathedral. Her husband who is the town’s detective, is called away to investigate the death of a pilgrim, so Belina must take over his work.

 

PEREIRA, W. D.

The Battle of Tewkesbury

Published 1983, Paperback

Fictionalised account of the battle.

 

PETERS, Elizabeth

The Murders of Richard III

Published 1974, Hardback; 1986, Paperback

Modern mystery novel: macabre recreations of Richard’s crimes occur during house party for supporters of Richard III.

 

PETERS, Maureen

Beggar Maid, Queen

Published 1980, Hardback

1461-85: life of Anne Neville.

 

PETERS, Maureen

Elizabeth the Beloved

Published 1965, Hardback; 1972, Paperback

1477-1503: life of Elizabeth of York, in love with Richard III.

 

PETERS, Maureen

The Woodville Wench

Published 1972 Hardback; 1973, Paperback

1445-86: Life of Elizabeth Woodville.

 

PETERS, Maureen

The Queen Who Never Was

Published 1972, Paperback

American edition of The Woodville Wench.

 

PHOTIOU, Philip

The Wrath of Kings

Published 2014, Paperback

This is the first novel in a trilogy set during the Wars of the Roses. The novel follows fortunes of Philip Neville, an outspoken cousin to the Earl of Warwick, from the Battle of Towton to the siege of Bamburgh Castle. As the story progresses Philip is drawn deeper into a world of deceit, treachery and murder.

 

PIERCE, Glenn

King’s Ransom

Published 1986, Paperback

20th century archaeologists discover an account of Richard III’s life and reign written by Brother Godfrey, once a squire to the king.

 

PIKE, Rosanna

A Little Trickerie

Published 2025, Paperback

Set in the early part of Henry VII’s reign, a vagabond girl has to find her own way in the world following the death of her mother.

 

PITT, Heather

Of The Good Hereafter

Published 2008, Paperback

When Emma inherits Overthwaite Hall, from an aunt she has never met, she quickly falls in love with the 15th century Pele Tower. But what is the secret behind the doorway in the Old Tower? Emma travels back to the 15th century and finds an intriguing solution to the mystery of ‘the princes’.

 

PLAIDY, Jean

The Goldsmith’s Wife

Published 1950, Hardback; 1970, Paperback

Life of Jane Shore, from her marriage until her death.

 

PLAIDY, Jean

Red Rose of Anjou

Published 1982, Hardback

Life story of Margaret of Anjou (Vol 13 in the Plantagenet Saga).

 

PLAIDY, Jean

The Reluctant Queen

Published 1990, Hardback; 1992, Paperback

In 1484 Anne looks back over her life, her childhood at Middleham and friendship with Richard, her dread of the marriage with Edward, her happy years with Richard and the problems and sorrows of his reign.

 

PLAIDY, Jean

St Thomas’s Eve

Published 1954, Paperback

Life of St Thomas More.

 

PLAIDY, Jean

The Sun in Splendour

Published 1982, Hardback

Events from 1461 to 1485 (Vol 14 in the Plantagenet Saga).

 

PLAIDY, Jean

Uneasy Lies the Head

Published 1982, Hardback; 1983, Paperback

1486-1509: mainly about Elizabeth of York and Katherine of Aragon.

 

POLLARD, Eliza F.

For the Red Rose

Published 1903, Hardback

Orphaned Lancastrian heiress, brought up by gypsies, becomes Margaret of Anjou’s devoted companion.

 

POTTER, Jeremy

A Trail of Blood

Published 1970, Hardback; 1972, Paperback

Detective novel with a difference: 16th century monk discovers the fate of the Princes in the Tower.

 

POTTER, Jeremy

Das Gehimnis des Abtes von Croyland

Published 1998, Paperback

German translation of A Trail of Blood.

 

POWERS, Anne

The Four Queens

Published 1977, Hardback

1451-86: interwoven stories of four queens: Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne Neville and Elizabeth of York.

 

POWERS, Anne

The Royal Consorts

Published 1978, Paperback

American edition of The Four Queens.

 

PRICE, Margaret W.

The White Boar and The Red Dragon

Published 2013, Paperback

How the mothers of Richard of Gloucester and Henry Tudor shaped their lives.

 

PROUD, Linda

A Tabernacle for the Sun

Published 1997, Paperback

1472-78: set in renaissance Florence: Tommasco dei Maffei rebels against the Medici.

 

 

Banner image of King Richard III’s Book of Hours (MS 474f. 7v) reproduced by kind permission of Lambeth Palace Library.