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RABINOWITZ, Ann

Knight on Horseback

Published 1987, Hardback

Children’s story of a young American boy on holiday in England, slipping back into the 15th century and meeting the ghost of Richard III.

RATHBONE, Julian

Kings of Albion

Published 2000, Paperback

Wars of the Roses seen through the eyes of a group of tourists from the East who come in search of a missing kinsman.

READE, Charles

The Cloister and the Hearth

Published 1906, Hardback (first published 1861)

Late 15th century Burgundy and Italy, the love story of Erasmus’ parents.

REDDICLIFFE, Sheila

The Cornish Mistress

Published 1992, Paperback

1471-85: the story of Henry Tudor’s mistress; offers a solution to the mystery of the disappearance of the Princes.

REDDICLIFFE, Sheila

The Cornish Serjeant

Published 1984, Hardback

1417-66: fictionalised life of Justice Ayssheton of Callington.

REED, Margaret Baines

Sir Adam’s Orchard: a story of York and Lancaster

Published 1926, Hardback

Adventures of two children caught up in the struggle between York and Lancaster in 1461.

REEDMAN, J. P.

Sacred King

Published 2014, Paperback

This is a historical fantasy novel about Richard III, the Battle of Bosworth and its aftermath.

REEDMAN, J. P.

White Roses, Golden Sunnes. A Fiction of Anthology of Richard III

Published 2015, Paperback

This is a collection of short stories and poems. Most of the stories deal with Richard’s younger years and as Duke of Gloucester.

REEDMAN, J. P. 

I, Richard Plantagenet – An Epic Novel of Richard III

Published 2016, Paperback

Richard, youngest son of York, King’s brother, warrior, scoliosis sufferer, father and husband. Not Shakespeare’s monster nor yet a wooden saint. This novel is told in the first person from Richard’s point of view.

ROSENTHAL, Evelyn B.

Presumed Guilty

Published 1982, Hardback

Richard’s reign as seen by the Duke of Buckingham, Elizabeth of York, Francis Lovell, Margaret of Burgundy and Cardinal Morton.

ROSS, Barnaby

The Passionate Queen

Published 1966, Paperback

Life of Margaret of Anjou, as seen by a devoted French knight.

ROWLING, Marjorie A.

Shadow of the Dragon

Published 1965, Hardback

1485-87: adventures of boy joining the Yorkist resistance after Bosworth.

RUBINO, Diana

For Love and Loyalty

Published 2014, Paperback

It is August 2012 and the Richard III Society seance doesn’t go quire as planned. Julianna Hammond believes their mysterious visitor really is Richard III.

RUSH, Philip

My Brother Lambert

Published 1957, Hardback

Children’s story of Lambert Simnel’s rebellion, seen through the eyes of his sister who tries to save him from his folly.

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