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CAMPBELL, David

The Holiest Harlot

Published 2016, Paperback

According to Sir Thomas More Edward IV would say he had three concubines, ‘one the merriest, one the wiliest, and the third the holiest harlot in his realm, one whom no man could get out of church lightly to any place be it were his bed’ – this is her story.

CARLETON, Patrick

Under the Hog

Published 1938, first edition, Hardback; 1973, Paperback; 1994, Hardback reprint

1470-85: still one of the best novels on the life of Richard III.

CARSLEY, Anne

This Ravished Rose

Published 1982, Paperback

Love-hate relationship of a forced marriage to a lord in the service of the Duke of Gloucester eventually turns to mutual love – sex, violence and black magic abound.

CHESTERMAN, Hugh

A Maid in Armour

Published 1936, Hardback

Children’s adventure story of a girl rescuing her brother wounded fighting at Barnet.

CHEVALIER, Tracy

The Lady and the Unicorn

Published 2003, Paperback

An imaginative recreation of the story behind the famous Lady and the Unicorn tapestries: Jean de Viste, a fifteenth-century nobleman, hires an ambitious artist to design six tapestries to celebrate his rising status at Court. In Brussels the renowned weaver Georges de la Chappelle takes on the biggest challenge of his career as his workshop struggles to translate the designs into the finest tapestries he has ever produced.

CHURCH, A.J.

The Chantry Priest of Barnet: a tale of the two roses

Published 1885, Hardback

Dramatised social history: life of a monk who witnesses the battle of Barnet.

CLARKE, Brenda

Richard Plantagenet

Published 1997, Hardback

A novel about the life and times of Richard III. From his fragile childhood until his death.

CLARKE, Mrs Henry

A Trusty Rebel, or a follower of Warbeck

Published 1905, Hardback

1495-98: the adventures of a youthful follower of Warbeck who after many tribulations is pardoned by Henry VII for his misguided loyalty and gains his rightful inheritance.

CLAYTON, Elaine

The Yeoman’s Daring Daughter & the Princes in the Tower

Published 2005, Hardback

A story for younger children, the books feature Jane, the daughter of a yeoman warder at the Tower, and how she assists the Princes in their escape.

CLEMENTS, Toby

Divided Souls

Published 2016, Hardback

This is the third novel in the Kingmaker series. It is 1469 and Thomas and Katherine have returned to Marton Hall, the only home they know. The recent wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster appear to be over. However, there is discord within the York family and the Earl of Warwick conspires against his King, while to one another’s faces they are all smiles, their household men speak in lies and whispers.

CLEMENTS, Toby

Kingdom Come

Published 2017, Hardback

This is the fourth book in the Kingmaker series. The recent tensions between King Edward and his ally the Earl of Warwick lie forgotten but as winter approaches the peace is shattered by a vicious attack on one of the Ling’s allies. Long hidden secrets are about to surface and Thomas and Katherine must finally decide where their loyalties lie.

CLYNES, Michael

Series featuring Sir Roger Shallot

The White Rose Murders: being the first journal of Sir Roger Shallot concerning certain wicked conspiracies and horrible murders perpetrated in the reign of Henry VIII

Published 1991, Hardback

Sir Roger, rogue and bon viveur, investigates a series of murders carried out by Les Blancs Sangliers, a secret society plotting to overthrow the Tudors.

The Gallows Murders: being the fifth journal of Sir Roger Shallot…

Published 1996, Paperback

Someone is blackmailing Henry VIII using the seal of Edward V, Sir Roger investigates and discovers what happened to the Princes.

COATES, Sheila

A Crown Usurped

Published 1972, Hardback

1483-85: romance of lovers separated by arranged marriages, little historical background.

CROSS, Virginia

Benediction

Published 2017, Paperback

It is 1459, as rival branches of the House of Plantagenet struggle for the crown, seven year old Richard’s family is torn apart. The future King Richard III grows into adolescence besieged by questions about honour, love, loyalty, betrayal, life and death, all shaping the man he will become. He faces a political situation where each path open to him risks everything and everyone he holds dear. Can he find his way without condemning his soul?

CROWLEY, John

The Deep

Published 1987, Paperback

Science-fiction novel – the war of the Reds and the Blacks. It includes a rerun of the Wars of the Roses without Henry Tudor – Richard becomes and remains King.

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