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SANSOM, C. J. 

Sovereign

Published 2006, Paperback

The 3rd book in the Matthew Shardlake series. It is 1541 and Matthew Shardlake discovers a link to the Princes in the Tower.

 

SAVAGE, Alan

Queen of Lions

Published 1994, Hardback; 1994, Paperback

1444-75: a passionate, ambitious and self-satisfied Margaret of Anjou tells her own story.

 

SCHOONOVER, Lawrence

The Spider King

Published 1954, Hardback; 1973, Hardback Reprint

Biographical novel on Louis XI of France.

 

SCOTT, Amanda

The Rose at Twilight

Published 1993, Paperback

1485-87: the Yorkist heroine is forced to marry one of Henry Tudor’s Welsh knights.

 

SCOTT, John Reed

Beatrix of Clare

Published 1907, Hardback

1483: Sir Aymer de Lacy, of Richard’s Household, wins the hand of the Countess of Clare.

 

SCOTT, Walter

Anne of Geirerstein

Published – undated copy in stock (first published 1829); 1905 edition Hardback also in stock

Earl of Oxford and his son in exile on the Continent after the Battle of Tewkesbury.

 

SCOTT, Walter

Quentin Durward

Published 1823. 1905 and 1954 editions in stock

Adventures of a Scotsman enlisting in the Scottish Archers of Louis XI of France.

 

Sedley, Kate

Series of novels featuring Roger the Chapman

Death and the Chapman

Published 1991, Hardback; 1994, Paperback

1471: Roger, novice turned pedlar, investigates the disappearance of a wealthy merchant’s son which takes him to a London tavern with a sinister connection with the Duke of Clarence.

 

The Plymouth Cloak

Published 1992, Hardback; 1994, Paperback

1473: Roger’s second investigation: he is recruited by the Duke of Gloucester to guard a King’s Messenger on a secret mission to Brittany, then the Messenger is murdered.

 

The Hanged Man

Published 1993, Hardback; 1994, Paperback

1474: Roger investigates the disappearance of an elderly weaver against a background of Lollardy in Bristol.

 

The Holy Innocents

Published 1994, Hardback; 1995, Paperback

1475: Roger investigates the disappearance of two children in mysterious circumstances.

 

The Eve of Saint Hyacinth

Published 1995, Hardback: 1996, Paperback

Summer 1475: Roger is recruited into the Household of Richard of Gloucester to help uncover a plot to assassinate the Duke.

 

The Wicked Winter

Published 1996, Hardback; 1997, Paperback

1476: Roger investigates a series of deaths at Cederwell Manor, helped by an itinerant preaching friar.

 

The Brothers of Glastonbury

Published 1998, Paperback

1476: The Duke of Clarence asks Roger to escort a young girl to her bridegroom but the bridegroom vanishes and then so does his brother.

 

The Weaver’s Inheritance

Published 1998, Hardback; 1998, Paperback

1476: Roger is looking forward to spending Christmas in Bristol; but he is called upon to investigate the reappearance of a long lost son of a wealthy weaver, who was thought murdered on a visit to London six years ago.

 

The Saint John’s Fern

Published 1999, Hardback

1477: Roger, newly married, is surprised to find his old feelings of restlessness returning. He is soon setting off across the ancient ridge road that dissects Dartmoor heading for Plymouth, driven by an instinct that he is needed there.

 

The Goldsmith’s Daughter

Published 2001, Hardback

1477: as Edward IV ponders the fate of the Duke of Clarence, Richard of Gloucester asks Roger to help find a way to save Clarence, but first Roger must prove that a kinswoman of the King’s mistress did not poison her taciturn husband.

 

The Lammas Feast

Published 2002, Hardback

1478: it is July and the bakers of Bristol are busy baking Lammastide loaves. One of the bakers is found with a knife in his back after speaking to a Breton who is a suspected Lancastrian spy.

 

Nine Men Dancing

Published 2003, Hardback

Winter 1478: Roger is on his way home to his wife when he stops in a village and overhears conversations concerning the disappearance of a local girl. He decides to investigate.

 

The Midsummer Crown

Published 2011, Paperback

Midsummer 1483: Roger is glad to return to his home in Bristol from the capital. Almost immediately the Duke of Gloucester recalls him to London to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a young man whose tutor has been found murdered apparently in a locked room.

 

SHEIPLINE, Tasha

Blood in the Chapel Royal: The Whispers, Book Two

Published: 2024

Determined to prove herself in the world of academia, Adelia Grey finds herself on the cusp of greatness as she begins to study Richard III. When her research and her ability to read energy from the past leads her to a country church in Devon, she finds herself deep in a mystery beyond her imagination.

 

SHEPHERD, Stella

Black Justice

Published 1988, Hardback

Modern crime story: a murder is committed at a residential weekend organised by a society interested in medieval history.

 

SIMONDS, Paula

Daughter of Violence

Published 1981, Hardback

1470-72: Anne Neville’s sufferings as an exile in France and a fugitive in England, until reunited with Richard.

 

SKIDMORE, Marla

Renaissance

Published 2018, Paperback

A cry goes up ‘We have found the king’. He sees Henry Tudor standing over a mauled and battered corpse and whisper ‘It is done England is mine’. How can this be when he is not dead? With the help of his celestial mentor Father |Gilbert, a Franciscan monk, Richard III will be guided through spiritual purgatory. Will he grasp the chance of renaissance and exit purgatory which has held him hostage for more than half a millennium?

 

SMALL, Beatrice

The Spitfire

Published 1990, Paperback

The spirited heroine, a relative of Anne Neville, is abducted by a Scots nobleman on her wedding day. Her fight to regain her border castle involves spying for Henry Tudor at the French court before she finds happiness with the uncle of James IV.

 

SMEE, Christina

Loyalty Binds Me

Published 2005

A blacksmith’s daughter arrives to work at Middleham Castle and falls in love with Richard of Gloucester. Her devotion spans 24 years and follows Richard’s fortunes from the north of England to Bosworth Field.

 

ST JOHN, Elizabeth

The Godmother’s Secret

Published 2022, Paperback

November 1470, Lady Elysabeth Scrope is ordered into sanctuary to witness the birth of Edward IV’s son and becomes his Godmother. In 1483, when Edward IV dies Elysabeth delivers her godson into the Tower of London to prepare for his coronation. Within months he and his brother disappear. Were the princes murdered by their uncle Richard III or did Margaret Beaufort mastermind their disappearance to usher in the Tudor dynasty? Of everyone at the royal court Elysabeth has the most to lose and to gain be keeping the secret of the fate of the Princes in the Tower.

 

STANIER, Hilda Brookman

The Kingmaker’s Daughter

Published 1978, Hardback

Anne Neville’s account of her life from a child at Middleham to 1485.

 

STAINER, Hilda Brookman

Plantagenet Princess

Published 1981, Hardback

1460-1503: life of Elizabeth of York.

 

STEELE, Hunter

Chasing the Gilded Shadow: a tale of the time of James IV of Scotland

Published 1986, Hardback

1506-7: quasi-historical novel describing life at the court of King James and the marriage of 14 year old Elizabeth, ward to Queen Margaret, to the 40 year old Norman of Polmood. The blurb describes the book as ‘sexy, funny and linguistically brilliant’.

 

STEPHENS, Peter John

Battle of Destiny

Published 1968, Hardback

1485: children’s story of exiled Welsh boy who joins Henry Tudor.

 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis

The Black Arrow

Published -first published 1888; 1928, 1947 and 1967 Hardback editions in stock; 1990 Paperback edition

A merciless Richard of Gloucester makes a memorable appearance in this adventure story of the Wars of the Roses.

 

STEWART, A. J.

Falcon: The Autobiography of His Grace James IV King of Scots

Published 1970, Hardback

Life of James IV including his dealings with Perkin Warbeck, written by the woman who believes herself to be his reincarnation.

 

STOKER, M. Brooke

Prince Perkin

Published 1966, Hardback

Story of Perkin Warbeck from 1492 to 1499.

 

STRANG, Herbert & LAWRENCE, George

For the White Rose: a story of the reign of Edward IV

Published 1929, Hardback (reprint of 1912 edition)

1455-71: adventure story of a disinherited orphan who becomes a page to Elizabeth Woodville and regains his inheritance.

 

STUBBS, Jean

An Unknown Welshman

Published 1972, Hardback; 1973, Paperback

1457-86: early life of Henry Tudor.

 

SUDWORTH, Gwynedd

The Game of Kings

Published 1977, Hardback

1461-71: the Earl of Warwick as ‘Kingmaker’ and his downfall.

 

SUDWORTH, Gwynedd

The Game of Power

Published 1975, Hardback

1438-61: the Earl of Warwick’s youth and rise to power.

 

SUDWORTH, Gwynedd

The King of Destiny

Published 1973, Hardback

1457-1509: life of Henry Tudor.

 

SUMNER, Caitlin

The Last White Rose

Published: 2024

A story of Richard III from his time at Middleham to the fateful Battle of Bosworth.

 

SYMONDS, W. S.

Malvern Chase

Published 1881, Hardback; 1913 Hardback (Reprint)

1459-71: Edward IV’s rise to power as seen by Gloucestershire squire with Yorkist sympathies.

 

SYPHE, Phil

White Rose Blossoms

Published 2019, Paperback

An alternative history of the battle of Bosworth. During a charge against Henry Tudor, King Richard III changes tactics and retreats. Wounded, Richard escapes with several loyal men and goes into hiding until he recovers.

 

SZECHTMAN, Joan

This Time

Published 2009, Paperback

Richard III is transported from the point of death on Bosworth Field to 21st century Oregon. Here he tries to undo the damage done to his reputation over the past 500 years. In this novel the past and future and also fact and fiction overlap.

 

SZECHTMAN, Joan

Loyalty Binds Me

Published 2011, Paperback

The second book featuring Richard III transported to the 21st century. In this novel on a visit to England Richard is pursued by the Police, MI5, FBI and a tabloid journalist.

 

 

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