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ECKERSLEY, Jill

The Silver Rose

Published 1998, Paperback

A teenage romance from the Forget-me-Not series. 1470-1: Alys and Tom are Yorkist supporters (Tom fights for Edward at Barnet and Tewkesbury), but Alys is betrothed by her guardian to an old Lancastrian knight.

ECKERSON, Olive

The Golden Yoke

Published 1962, Hardback

1468-85: the star-crossed romance of Richard III and Lady Anne Neville, who were born into opposing houses.

EDWARDS, Rhoda

The Broken Sword

Published 1976, Hardback; 1976, Paperback

American edition of Some Touch of Pity.

EDWARDS, Rhoda

Fortune’s Wheel

Published 1978, Hardback; 1979, Paperback

One of the best depictions of the lives of Richard and Anne from 1468 to 1472.

EDWARDS, Rhoda

Some Touch of Pity

Published 1976, Hardback; 1977, Paperback

1483-85: a very moving account told by several narrators, including Richard and Anne, Francis Lovell and Dr Hobbes.

ELLIS, Beth

A King of Vagabonds

Published 1911, Hardback

1495-1509: story of Perkin Warbeck, Katharine Gordon and James Strangeways, whom Katharine later married.

ELRINGTON, H.

Page or Prentice

Published 1920, Hardback

A children’s story set in the period of the Wars of the Roses. It follows the adventures of Ralph and Walter Tankerville in 1471, and aims to teach children about the effects of war on an ordinary family.

ERSKINE, Barbara

House of Echoes

Published 1996, Paperback

Modern novel of suspense in which 15th century ghosts nearly bring  disaster to the family who move into a haunted medieval manor house.

EVANS, Jean

The Divided Rose

Published 1972, Hardback; 1973, Paperback

1461-71: the struggle for power between York and Lancaster and within the Yorkist ranks.

EVANS, Jean

The White Rose of York

Published 1972, Hardback

1483-85: unremarkable account of Richard III’s reign.

EVERETT-GREEN, Evelyn

In the Wars of the Roses

Published – undated, c. 1906

1470-71: adventures of Edward of Lancaster’s double in support of the Lancastrian cause.

EVERETT-GREEN, Evelyn

White Wyvill and Red Ruthven: a story of the strife of the Roses

Published 1902, Hardback

Set circa 1455-61: the rivalry between two neighbouring families, one Yorkist and one Lancastrian, is eventually healed by love matches between their sons and daughters.

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