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GARABET, Marilyn

Dearest of Princes

Published 1981, Hardback

Life of Thomas Tunstall who married Richard III’s cousin Alice Neville, and became a member of Richard’s Household.

 

GARTHWAITE, Annie

Cecily

Published 2021, Paperback

16 year old Cecily Neville sits beside Richard of York to witness the burning of Joan of Arc. This is an action packed novel considering the next 30 years of Cecily’s life ending with her son Edward destroying his enemies at Towton and being crowned King at Westminster Abbey.

 

GARTHWAITE, Annie

The King’s Mother

Published 2024 Hardback

This is the sequel to ‘Cecily’. Cecily’s son Edward has gained the throne and Cecily stands beside him as England’s first King’s Mother. To win a throne is not to keep it and war has come again. As brother betrays brother and trusted cousins turn treacherous. Other mothers also raise to fight their sons.

 

GASKELL DENVIL, Barbara

Blessop’s Wife

Published 2015, Paperback

London 1483: Tyballis runs away from her vicious husband and takes shelter under a bridge where she meets a man who instead of accosting or beating her offers her his cloak for warmth. This is how Tyballis Blessop meets Andrew Cobham, the ruthless, dedicated spy and agent of Richard of Gloucester.

 

GAUNT, William

The Lady in the Castle

Published 1956, Hardback

Life of Margaret Mauteby who married John Paston.

 

GELLIS, Roberta

The Dragon and the Rose

Published 1977, Paperback

Story of Henry Tudor, from birth to 1487, showing how he came to love his Yorkist Queen.

 

GEORGE, Elizabeth

The Evidence Exposed

Published 1999, Paperback

This is a book of three short stories, one of which is called ‘I, Richard’. Malcolm Cousins has spent years in the single-minded pursuit of a priceless letter probably written by Richard III on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth. But does he want it enough to kill for it?

 

GEORGE, Elizabeth

I, Richard

Published 2002, Hardback

A book of five short stories, including ‘I, Richard’ as previously described.

 

GOWER, Iris

Destiny’s Child

Published 1999, Hardback

Margaret Beaufort’s ambitions for her son Henry and her undying love for Edmund Tudor.

 

GRACE, C. L.

Series of Kathryn Swinbrooke, medieval physician, chemist and investigator

A Shrine of Murders

Published 1993, Hardback

Canterbury 1471: Kathryn investigates a series of poisonings of pilgrims coming to the shrine of St Thomas.

 

The Merchant of Death

Published 1995, Hardback

1471: set in Canterbury, Kathryn investigates the mysterious death of a tax collector and a local woman.

 

Saintly Murders

Published 2001, Hardback

1472: late summer and Kathryn is summoned to investigate a puzzling situation in Canterbury.

 

A Maze of Murders

Published 2003, Hardback

Kathryn is called upon to investigate the murder of the wealthy Sir Walter Maltravers.

 

GRAEME-EVANS, Posie

A trilogy about Anne de Bohun

The Innocent

Published 2002, Hardback; 2005, Paperback

1465: Anne a fifteen year old peasant girl arrives in London to become a servant in the household of a wealthy merchant. Anne has knowledge of herbs and healing and finds herself at the dangerous heart of Court affairs.

 

The Exiled

Published 2005, Paperback

Anne de Bohun, the illegitimate daughter of Henry VI, is in love with the man who usurped the throne, Edward IV. Now in exile in Bruges, Anne struggles to find peace in a dangerous world, where enemies masquerade as allies and someone very powerful wants her dead.

 

The Beloved

Published 2006, Paperback

The third story concerning Anne de Bohun. Anne once the mistress of Edward IV has found safety with their son in Flanders, Edward now a fugitive himself seeks refuge in Flanders with Henry VI back on the throne of England.

 

GRAHAM, Alice Walworth

The Summer Queen

Published 1973, Hardback

The story of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville seen through the eyes of Cecily Bonville, who is one of the Queen’s young ladies-in-waiting. The book follows Elizabeth’s story in the early years of her marriage to Edward. There are brief sections on the downfall of Clarence and the death of Edward.

 

GREEN, Nigel

The King’s Dogge

Published 2013, Paperback

Francis Lovell’s future is shaped by Richard III’s scheming wife, Anne Neville, whose ambition exceeds that of her husband. Francis is forced to weigh his conscience and ask himself what dark deeds he is prepared to carry out in Gloucester’s name.

 

GREEN, Nigel

The Last Rebel

Published 2015, Paperback

After the defeat of Richard III at Bosworth. Francis Lovell continues to fight against Henry Tudor to honour the promise he made to Richard to overthrow Tudor and restore the House of York to the throne.

 

GREGORY, Philippa

The White Queen

Published 2009, Hardback; 2010, Paperback

The first in a series of novels set in the Wars of the Roses. This novel portrays the life of Elizabeth Woodville from her meeting with Edward IV until the eve of Bosworth. A lot is made of the tradition that Elizabeth is descended from the water goddess Melusina. The disappearance of ‘the Princes’ is seen from another angle.

 

GREGORY, Philippa

The Red Queen

Published 2010, Hardback; 2011 Paperback

The second in the series of novels set in the Wars of the Roses. Heiress to the red rose of Lancaster Margaret Beaufort never surrenders her belief that her House is the true ruler of England and that she has a great destiny before.

 

GREGORY, Philippa

The Lady of the Rivers

Published 2011, Hardback

The third in the series. This novel concentrates on Jacquetta Woodville. The novel opens in 1430 and ends with her daughter Elizabeth’s marriage to Edward IV in 1464.

 

GREGORY, Philippa

The Kingmaker’s Daughter

Published 2012, Hardback; 2013, Paperback

The fourth in the series about the Wars of the Roses. The novel features Anne Neville from 1465 until her death in 1485.

 

GREGORY, Philippa

The White Princess

Published 2013, Hardback

The fifth book in ‘The Cousins War’. This novel concentrates on Elizabeth of York mourning the death of her beloved Richard at Bosworth, her marriage to Henry VII and finishes soon after the execution of Perkin Warbeck (Richard of York).

 

GREGORY, Philippa

The King’s Curse

Published 2014, Hardback

The sixth and final novel in ‘The Cousin War’ series. Margaret Pole, cousin to Elizabeth of York, is seen as a rival to the throne by Henry VII, married off to a Tudor supporter to keep her in the shadows. Only the death of Henry VII stores her to a place of the court of Henry VIII where she becomes chief lady-in-waiting to Katherine of Aragon.

 

GREGORY, Philippa

Three Sisters, Three Queens

Published 2016, Hardback

When Katherine of Aragon is brought to the Tudor court as a young bride, the oldest princess, Margaret, takes her measure. With one look, each knows the other for a rival, an ally, a pawn, destined – with Margaret’s younger sister Mary – to a sisterhood unique in the entire world. The sisters will become queens of England, Scotland and France.

 

GRETTON, Mary Sturge

Crumplin

Published 1932, Hardback

1491: Yorkist underground plot to crown Richard Duke of York.

 

GRETTON, Mary Sturge

Rue and Rosemary

Published 1935, Hardback

1498-1537: the story of Lady Katherine Gordon, and in particular her friendship with Thomas More.

 

GREY, Belinda

Proxy Wedding

Published 1982, Hardback; 1982, Paperback

1483: arranged marriage to Yorkist knight who supports Richard of Gloucester ends as a love match.

 

 

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