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DAVIDSON, Margaret

My Lords Richard

Published 1979, Hardback

Anne Neville movingly tells the story of her life, and of the two Richards she loved, her father and her husband.

 

DAVIES, Dorothy

Death be Pardoner to Me

Published 2010, Paperback

George, Duke of Clarence, 1449-1478. With Warwick’s army at his back can George remove his brother Edward IV from the throne and realise his dream of wearing the crown himself.

 

DAVIES, Iris

Bride of the Thirteenth Summer

Published 1975, Hardback

Story of Margaret Beaufort, from eight years old until 1485.

 

DEARY, Terry

The Prince of Rags and Patches

Published 1997, Hardback; 1998, Paperback

Children’s murder mystery set in 1603 – the Marsden family investigate the story of their great-great-grandfather who fought at Bosworth and was involved in the mysterious deaths of the Princes in the Tower.

 

DEEPING, Warwick

Martin Valliant

Published 1969, Hardback reprint (first published 1917)

Set circa 1484: an ex-monk and a Lancastrian gentlewoman live as outlaws in the forest while gathering support for Henry Tudor.

 

DEVERAUX, Jude

Highland Velvet

Published 1982, Paperback

Tempestuous love story of Scots chieftainess and English nobleman sent by Henry VII to marry her and subdue her clan.

 

DEWAR, Margaret

The Loyalty Game

Published 1984, Hardback

1467: noblewoman seems Richard of Gloucester’s help to win back her husband but is captured by the Scots in a border raid.

 

DOHERTY, Paul. C.

Dove among the Hawks

Published 1990, Hardback

A 15th century doctor investigates the death of Henry VI – was it by natural causes, suicide or murder?

 

DOCHERTY, Paul. C.

The Fate of Princes

Published 1990, Hardback

Francis Lovell seeks the solution to the mystery of the disappearance of the Princes amidst the treachery and political manoeuvring of the 1480s.

 

DOCHERTY, Paul. C.

The Rose Demon

Published 1997, Hardback

1453-1492: a story of terror and black magic set against the background of the Wars of the Roses, the battlefields of Scotland and Spain and Columbus’ voyages, as the hero tries to escape the Rose Demon, the spirit he both loves and hates.

 

DUNNETT, Dorothy

The ‘House of Niccolo’ series

Niccolo Rising

Published 1986, Hardback; 1987, Paperback

The first volume of the series opens in Bruges in 1459 and charts the rise of Nicholas from dyeshop apprentice to husband of the widowed dye shop owner.

 

The Spring of the Ram

Published 1987, Hardback; 1988, Paperback

Volume Two: Nicholas travels to Trebizond to set up a trading post for the city of Florence. His company now includes a courier service and private army.

 

Race of Scorpions

Published 1989, Hardback; 1990, Paperback

Volume Three: November 1461 to February 1464 – Nicholas’ trading interests flourish, he becomes involved in the struggle for Cyprus and the siege of Famagusta.

 

Scales of Gold

Published 1991, Hardback; 1993, Paperback

Volume Four: May 1464 to July 1468 – Nicholas’s enemies attempt to force him into bankruptcy; he travels to Africa to seek gold. The book ends with the pageantry of the marriage of Margaret to Charles of Burgundy.

 

The Unicorn Hunt

Published 1993, Hardback; 1994, Paperback

Volume Five: October 1468 to February 1471 – Nicholas is building a new trading empire in Edinburgh – the dual pursuit of profit and vengeance takes him across war-threatened Europe and back to Africa.

 

To Lie with Lions

Published 1995, Hardback; 1996, Paperback

Volume Six: February 1471 t0 November 1473 – in a vendetta between Nicholas and his wife his plans to defeat his enemies nearly ruin the economy of Scotland.

 

Caprice and Rondo

Published 1997, Hardback

Volume Seven: November 1473 to January 1477 – Nicholas is banished to Poland, but still tempted by new projects in the Levant, fighting the Turks, or serving the Duke of Burgundy.

 

DURKIN, Rita

A Prophecy

Published 2013, Paperback – This is a short story

Does the discovery of an ancient prophecy explain the mysteries surrounding King Richard III?

 

DYMOKE, Juliet

The Sun in Splendour

Published 1980, Hardback; 1980, Paperback

1464-89: story of Elizabeth Tilney, wife of Humphrey Bourchier and after his death of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey.

 

 

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