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WAINWRIGHT, Brian

The Adventures of Alianore Audley

Published 1995, Paperback; 2005, Paperback

Alianore (a 15th century female version of Philip Marlowe) recounts her adventures as a member of the Yorkist intelligence working for Edward IV and then Richard III.

 

WAINWRIGHT, Brian

The Mists of Middleham

Published 2023

Alianore Audley novel. Alainore and her husband are tasked by Edward IV to find the Holy Grail. However, Jasper Tudor is making trouble in Wales and his plots need to be stopped. Along the way Alianore meets Robin Hood, King Arthur and the Black Dog, and Richard, Duke of Gloucester and Anne Neville have to be brought.

 

WAINWRIGHT, Brian

Within the Fetterlock

Published 2004, Paperback

1396: Richard II is childless – the succession to the throne is in doubt. Constance of York is drawn into intrigues as her husband and brother jostle with their Lancastrian and Mortimer cousins in the race for the throne.

 

WAINWRIGHT, Brian

Walking Among Lions

Published 2022, Paperback

Constance of York, a cousin to King Richard II, is inducted into the Order of the Garter aged 10, and soon brought to court to wait on Queen Anne of Bohemia. England is in crisis and the King’s enemies are all too ready to use violence. Constance is at hand to see it all. This is a prequel to Within the Fetterlock.

 

WAINWRIGHT, Brian

Hanley Castle

Published 2022

The second prequel to Within the Fetterlock. Constance of York no longer in the Queen’s household is happy in her new home Hanley Castle but soon the pull of court and her husband Thomas Despenser prevail. With many scores to settle and Thomas on the winning side but for how long?

 

WASHINGTON, Tecoa T

Medieval Bedazzle

Published 2009, Paperback

Returning from vacation in Britain a physics teacher eavesdrops on a conversation between five ghastly individuals. As she overhears these ancient spooks discussing a remarkable Shakespearian cover-up she finds herself propelled into a world of secrecy and terror as she struggles to uncover all that was once hidden and unlocks an intriguing medieval mystery surrounding Richard III.

 

WEIR, Alison

A Dangerous Inheritance

Published 2012, Paperback

Lady Katherine Grey has angered her cousin, Elizabeth I, and finds herself in the Tower. There she finds some old papers belonging to Kate Plantagenet, bastard daughter of Richard III, concerning her search for what really happened to her cousins, the two princes, who were last seen in the Tower.

 

WELCH, Ronald

Sun of York

Published 1970, Hardback

1469-71: teenagers’ story of a Welsh squire joining the Yorkists in their struggle for power.

 

WENSBY-SCOTT, Carol

Trilogy about the Percy family

Lion of Alnwick

Published – first published 1980; 1983, Paperback in stock

1357-1409: the life of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland.

 

Lion Dormant

Published 1983, Hardback; 1983, Paperback

1414-64: rivalry between the Percy and Neville families, joined by the marriage of the 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Alianore, sister of Cecily Neville.

 

Lion Invincible

Published 1984, Hardback; 1985, Paperback

Follows the fortunes of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, from 1469 until his death, and his relations with Richard of Gloucester.

 

WESTCOTT, Jan

The White Rose

Published 1969, Hardback

1461-85: love story of Elizabeth Woodville.

 

WESTCOTT, Jan

The Lion’s Share

Published 1972, Hardback

Abridged English edition of The White Rose.

 

WESTCOTT, Jan

Set Her on a Throne

Published 1972, Hardback

1470-85: life of a spirited Anne Neville – her happy but tragically short first marriage, and her eventual rediscovery of happiness with Richard.

 

WHITFORD, Meredith

Treason

Published 2004, Paperback

After seeing his parents slain and his home destroyed Martin Robsart’s life becomes entwined with that of his Yorkist cousins – Edward IV and Richard III – and learns the cost of loyalty and love on battlefields and in bedchambers.

 

WHITEHEAD, Barbara

The Killings at Barley Hall

Published 1997, Hardback (large print); 1997, Paperback

Modern detective story concerning the murder of an archaeologist working at the site of Barley Hall. The investigating officer discovers links between this murder and a previous one in the reign of Richard III.

 

WHITTLE, Tyler

The Last Plantagenet: a study of Richard III, King of England, France and Ireland

Published 1968, Hardback

1459-85: Richard’s life, with more about his childhood and adolescence than usual.

 

WHITTON, Dorothy

Halo of Dreams

Published 1948, Hardback

1470-71: a young girl, inspired by tales of Joan of Arc and visions of the saints, offers to help Warwick to put Henry VI back on the throne.

 

WIAT, Philippa

The Child Bride

Published 1990, Hardback

An illegitimate daughter of John Mowbray becomes companion to the Lady Anne Mowbray – the half sisters are so alike that they can change places…

 

WIAT, Philippa

The Master of Blandeston Hall

Published 1973, Hardback

Story of a Lancastrian gentleman during the Wars of the Roses.

 

WIAT, Philippa

Prince of the White Rose

Published 1984, Hardback

Story of Richard Duke of York, who escapes from the Tower when Richard III orders the Princes murdered, and takes on the identity of Perkin Warbeck.

 

WIAT, Philippa

The Kingmaker’s Daughter

Published 1989, Hardback

Anne Neville is caught up in the Wars of the Roses. First married to Edward of Lancaster by her father Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, and after their deaths to Richard of Gloucester.

 

WILLARD, Barbara

The Lark and the Laurel

Published 1970, Hardback; 1974, Paperback

Children’s story of a city bred girl sent to live in the country after Bosworth.

 

WILLARD, Barbara

The Sprig of Broom

Published 1971, Hardback

Children’s story of Richard III’s illegitimate son Richard Plantagenet and his son.

 

WILLIAMS, Bert

Master of Ravenspur

Published 1970, Hardback

1470-71: children’s story of a country boy who joins the household of Richard of Gloucester.

 

WILLIAMSON, Hugh Ross

The Butt of Malmsey

Published 1967, Hardback

Life of George of Clarence.

 

WILLIAMSON, Hugh Ross

The Marriage Made in Blood

Published 1968, Hardback

1478-1522: events seen from the viewpoint of Margaret of Salisbury.

 

WILLIAMSON, Hugh Ross

A Matter of Martyrdom

Published 1969, Hardback

1525-41: dramatised account of events at court and the last year of Margaret of Salisbury.

 

WILLMAN, Marianne

Rose Red, Rose White

Published 1994 Paperback

1470: Lady Morgana Hartley flees to Wales, after being ordered into a loveless match by Edward IV.

 

WILSON, Sandra

The Penrich Dragon

Published 1977, Hardback

1477: mystery/romance in which the convent-bred heroine discovers the secret of her birth and has to struggle against witchcraft, greed and betrayal before finding happiness.

 

WILSON, Sandra

Trilogy about Cicely Plantagenet

 

Less Fortunate than Fair

Published 1973, Hardback

Story of Cicely up to 1485, and her love for John of Gloucester.

 

The Queen’s Sister

Published 1974, Hardback

Cicely’s marriage to John, Viscount Welles.

 

The Lady Cicely

Published 1974, Hardback

Cicely’s life from 1492.

 

WILSON, Sandra

Wife to the Kingmaker

Published 1974, Hardback; 1978 Paperback

Life of Anne Beauchamp, wife to the Earl of Warwick.

 

WINDER, Robert

The Final Act of Mr Shakespeare

Published 2010, Paperback

The play that William Shakespeare should have written ‘King Henry VII’.

 

WORTH, Sandra

A trilogy concerning the life of Richard Duke of Gloucester later King Richard III.

 

Love and War

Published 2006, Paperback

This first book covers Richard’s early life and his love for Anne Neville.

 

Crown of Destiny

Published 2006, Paperback

This book covers the years leading up to Edward IV’s death and Richard accepting the throne – 1476-83.

 

Fall from Grace

Published 2007, Paperback

This final book in the trilogy takes the story from Richard’s coronation to his death on Bosworth Field. With an afterword telling what happened to al the principal characters in the novels after the Battle of Bosworth.

 

WORTH, Sandra

Pale Rose of England

Published 2011, Paperback

The story of Prince Richard of York (Perkin Warbeck) and his wife Lady Catherine Gordon. How she survived in the Tudor Court as a favoured lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth of York as Richard faces execution for treason.

 

 

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