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FAIRBURN, Eleanor

Crowned Ermine

Published 1968, Hardback

Story of Anne of Brittany, born in 1476.

FAIRBURN, Eleanor

Cicely Neville Series

The Rose in Spring

Published 1971, Hardback; 1972, Paperback

1425-49: her youth and first years of marriage.

White Rose, Dark Summer

Published 1972, Hardback; 1972, Paperback

1449 to the coronation of Edward IV in 1461.

The Rose at Harvest End

Publication 1974, Hardback

1461 to the death of Edward IV in 1483.

Winter’s Rose

Published 1976, Hardback

April to November 1483, epilogue in 1495 the year of her death.

FALCONIERI, David

The Beggars Throne

Published 2000, Hardback

A story set between the Battle of Wakefield and the Battle of Tewkesbury.

FARRINGTON, Robert

Trilogy about Henry Morane a 15th century ‘James Bond’.

The Killing of Richard III

Published 1971, Hardback; 1972, Paperback

1483-85: seen through the eyes of Henry Morane, clerk to the King’s Secretary.

Tudor Agent

Published 1974, Hardback; 1977, Paperback

1485-87: further adventures of Morane, now acting as a secret agent for the Tudor government, but for his own ends.

The Traitors of Bosworth

Published 1978, Hardback

1487-95: Morane achieves his revenge on Northumberland and Stanley for their betrayal of Richard III at Bosworth.

FEW, Mary Dodgen

Under the White Boar

Published 1971, Hardback

1460-85: Richard’s life, by an author not familiar with the period.

FORD, John M.

The Dragon Waiting

Published 1983, Hardback; 1985, Paperback

Alternative history: Welsh wizard, Florentine lady doctor, German vampire and Byzantine mercenary join forces to stop the Byzantine Empire taking over Richard III’s England.

FRAZER, Margaret

The Boys Tale

Published 1995, Paperback

A sister Frevisse medieval, murder, mystery novel. The two young half-brothers of Henry VI are offered sanctuary at St Frideswide Abbey.

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