100 Best War Of The Roses Books of All Time

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The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2; The Cousins War #1)

Philippa Gregory

5.0
Brother turns on brother. The throne of England is at stake. The deadly Wars of the Roses have begun. . . ."They ruled England before the Tudors, and now internationally bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings the Plantagenets to life through the dramatic and intimate stories of the secret players: the indomitable women."Elizabeth Woodville, a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition, secretl
2

The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #1; Cousins War #3)

Philippa Gregory

4.9
Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of 19, she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a new life for herself.
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The Kingmaker's Daughter (The Cousins' War #4)

Philippa Gregory

4.9
In this New York Times bestseller that inspired the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The White Queen, Philippa Gregory tells the tale of Anne Neville, a beautiful young woman who must navigate the treachery of the English court as her father, known as the Kingmaker, uses her and her sister as pawns in his political game.

The Kingmaker’s Daughter—Philippa Gregory’s first sister story since The
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The Red Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #3; Cousins War #2)

Philippa Gregory

4.9
The second book in Philippa's stunning new trilogy, The Cousins' War, brings to life the story of Margaret Beaufort, a shadowy and mysterious character in the first book of the series - The White Queen - but who now takes centre stage in the bitter struggle of The War of the Roses.

The Red Queen tells the story of the child-bride of Edmund Tudor, who, although widowed in her early teens, uses her
5

Stormbird (Wars of the Roses, #1)

Conn Iggulden

4.9
The first book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Conn Iggulden’s brilliant new historical series about two families that plunged England into a devastating, decades-long civil war.

In 1437, the Lancaster king Henry VI ascends the throne of England after years of semi-peaceful regency. Named “The Lamb,” Henry is famed more for his gentle and pious nature than his father’s famous battlefield
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The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

Dan Jones

4.9
The author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets chronicles the next chapter in British history—the historical backdrop for Game of Thrones

From the author of Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty

The crown of England changed hands five times over the course of the fifteenth century, as two branches of the Plantagenet dynasty fought to the death for the right to rule. In this riveting foll
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The Sunne in Splendour

Sharon Kay Penman

4.8
A glorious novel of the controversial Richard III - a monarch betrayed in life by his allies and betrayed in death by history.

In this beautifully rendered modern classic, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard III - vilified as the bitter, twisted, scheming hunchback who murdered his nephews, the princes in the Tower - from his maligned place in history with a dazzling combination of research and story
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The Wars of the Roses

Alison Weir

4.8
Lancaster and York. For much of the fifteenth century, these two families were locked in battle for control of the English throne. Kings were murdered and deposed. Armies marched on London. Old noble names were ruined while rising dynasties seized power and lands. The war between the royal houses of Lancaster and York, the most complex in English history, profoundly altered the course of the monar
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The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #5; Cousins War #5)

Philippa Gregory, Bianca Amato, et al

4.8
Caught between loyalties, the mother of the Tudors must choose between the red rose and the white.

When Henry Tudor picks up the crown of England from the mud of Bosworth field, he knows he must marry the princess of the enemy house—Elizabeth of York—to unify a country divided by war for nearly two decades.

But his bride is still in love with his slain enemy, Richard III—and her mother and half of E
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Bloodline (Wars of the Roses, #3)

Conn Iggulden

4.7
The brilliant retelling of the Wars of the Roses continues with Bloodline, the gripping third novel in the new series from historical fiction master Conn Iggulden.

Winter 1461: Richard, duke of York, is dead--his ambitions in ruins, his head spiked on the walls of the city.

King Henry VI is still held prisoner. His Lancastrian queen, Margaret of Anjou, rides south with an army of victorious norther
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Margaret of Anjou (Wars of the Roses, #2)

Conn Iggulden

4.7
The brilliant retelling of the Wars of the Roses continues with Margaret of Anjou, the second gripping novel in the new series from historical fiction master Conn Iggulden.

As traitors advance . . . a queen defends.
It is 1454 and for more than a year King Henry VI has remained all but exiled in Windsor Castle, struck down by his illness, his eyes vacant, his mind blank. His fiercely loyal wife
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The King's Curse (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #7; Cousins War #6)

Philippa Gregory

4.6
The final novel in the Cousins’ War series, the basis for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries, The White Queen, by #1 New York Times bestselling author and “the queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory tells the fascinating story of Margaret Pole, cousin to the “White Princess,” Elizabeth of York, and lady-in-waiting to Katherine of Aragon.

Regarded as yet another threat to the vo
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Ravenspur: Rise of the Tudors

Conn Iggulden

4.6
England, 1470. A divided kingdom cannot stand.


King Edward of York has been driven out of England. Queen Elizabeth and her children tremble in sanctuary at Westminster Abbey. The House of Lancaster has won the crown, but York will not go quietly. Desperate to reclaim his throne, Edward lands at Ravenspur with a half-drowned army and his brother Richard at his side. Every hand is against them, every
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The Princes in the Tower

Alison Weir

4.6
Despite five centuries of investigation by historians, the sinister deaths of the boy king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, remain two of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. Did Richard III really kill “the Princes in the Tower,” as is commonly believed, or was the murderer someone else entirely?

Carefully examining every shred of contemporary evidence
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The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King's Mother

Philippa Gregory

4.6
#1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory teams with two eminent historians to explore the historical characters in the real-life world behind her Wars of the Roses novels.

PHILIPPA GREGORY and her fellow historians describe the extraordinary lives of the heroines of her Cousins’ War books: Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford; Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV; and Margaret Beaufort, mot

16

Blood Sisters: The Women Behind The Wars Of The Roses

Sarah Gristwoo

4.5
From best-selling historian, Sarah Gristwood comes the true story behind Philippa Gregory’s recent novels – the women who gave birth to the Tudor dynasty. It is a fiery history of Queens, the perils of power and of how the Wars of the Roses were ended – not by knights in battle, but the sinewy political skills of women.

The events of the Wars of the Roses are usually described in terms of the men i
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The King's Grace

Anne Easter Smith

4.5
The bestselling author of A Rose for the Crown and Daughter of York takes a young woman that history noticed only once and sets her on a quest for the truth about the murder of two boys and a man who claims to be king.

All that history knows of Grace Plantagenet is that she was an illegitimate daughter of Edward IV and one of two attendants aboard the funeral barge of his widowed queen. Thus, sh

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A Rose for the Crown

Anne Easter Smith

4.4
In A Rose for the Crown, we meet one of history's alleged villains through the eyes of a captivating new heroine -- the woman who was the mother of his illegitimate children, a woman who loved him for who he really was, no matter what the cost to herself.
As Kate Haute moves from her peasant roots to the luxurious palaces of England, her path is inextricably intertwined with that of Richard, Duke
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The Stolen Crown: The Secret Marriage that Forever Changed the Fate of England

Susan Higginbotham

4.4

Trapped in the Wars of the Roses, one woman finds herself sister to the queen...and traitor to the crown

Katherine Woodville's sister never gave her a choice. A happy girl of modest means, Kate hardly expected to become a maker of kings. But when her sister impulsively marries King Edward IV in secret, Katherine's life is no longer hers to control...

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Queen By Right

Anne Easter Smith

4.4
From the award-winning author of A Rose for the Crown, Daughter of York, and The King's Grace comes another masterful historical novel—the story of Cecily of York, mother of two kings and the heroine of one of history's greatest love stories.

Anne Easter Smith's novels are beloved by readers for their ability "to grab you, sweep you along with the story, and make you fall in love with the character
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Daughter of York

Anne Easter Smith

4.4
History tells us that the intelligent, wealthy, and powerful Margaret of York had everything any woman could want, except for love. The acclaimed author of A Rose for the Crown takes us between the lines of history and into her heart.

It is 1461: Edward, son of Richard of York, ascends to the throne, and his willful sister, Margaret, immediately becomes a pawn in European politics as Edward negoti

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The Queen of Last Hopes: The Story of Margaret of Anjou

Susan Higginbotham

4.4

A man other than my husband sits on England's throne today.

What would happen if this king suddenly went mad? What would his queen do? Would she make the same mistakes I did, or would she learn from mine?

Margaret of Anjou, queen of England, cannot give up on her husband-even when he slips into insanity. And as mother to the House of Lancaster's last hope, she cannot give up on her son-even when

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Katherine

Anya Seton, Philippa Gregory

4.4
This classic romance novel tells the true story of the love affair that changed history—that of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the ancestors of most of the British royal family. Set in the vibrant 14th century of Chaucer and the Black Death, the story features knights fighting in battle, serfs struggling in poverty, and the magnificent Plantagenets—Edward III, the Black P
Alison Weir portrait Recommended by Alison Weir.
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The Innocent (War of the Roses, #1)

Posie Graeme-Evans

4.3
The year is 1450, a dangerous time in medieval Britain. Civil unrest is at its peak and the legitimacy of the royal family is suspect. Meanwhile, deep in the forests of western England, a baby is born. Powerful forces plot to kill both mother and child, but somehow the newborn girl survives. Her name is Anne.
Fifteen years later, England emerges into a fragile but hopeful new age, with the charis
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Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World

Alison Weir

4.3
Many are familiar with the story of the much-married King Henry VIII of England and the celebrated reign of his daughter, Elizabeth I. But it is often forgotten that the life of the first Tudor queen, Elizabeth of York, Henry’s mother and Elizabeth’s grandmother, spanned one of England’s most dramatic and perilous periods. Now New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir p
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Richard III

William Shakespeare

4.3
Each edition includes:

Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
Scene-by-scene plot summaries
A key to famous lines and phrases
An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
Illustrations from the Folger
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The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)

Josephine Tey

4.3
Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant is intrigued by a portrait of Richard III. Could such a sensitive face actually belong to a heinous villain — a king who killed his brother's children to secure his crown? Grant seeks what kind of man Richard was and who in fact killed the princes in the tower.
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Virgin Widow

JoAnna Mari

4.3
This title is about England's forgotten Queen. England, 1469. A daughter of Warwick the Kingmaker, Anne Neville cannot dictate her own future. Her marriage will be political, made purely to advance her family's interests. But at the age of fourteen, her father's treason forces her into exile, and into an uneasy betrothal with Edward of Lancaster. Edward is changeable and completely controlled by h
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A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)

Sarah J Maas

4.3
Looming war threatens all Feyre holds dear in the third volume of the #1 New York Times bestselling A Court of Thorns and Roses series.

Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's manoeuvrings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit – and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre,
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The Rose of York: Love & War (The Rose of York Trilogy, #1)

Sandra Worth

4.3
Set in Malory's England during the Wars of the Roses when the passions of a few determined the fate of a nation, this acclaimed winner of a remarkable eight awards tells the true story of two star-crossed lovers -- Richard of Gloucester and Lady Anne Neville -- before they become King and Queen. A stirring tale of romance and intrigue.
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The Reluctant Queen: The Story of Anne of York (Queens of England, #8)

Jean Plaidy

4.3
In 1470, a reluctant Lady Anne Neville is betrothed by her father, the politically ambitious Earl of Warwick, to Edward, Prince of Wales. A gentle yet fiercely intelligent woman, Anne has already given her heart to the prince's younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. Unable to oppose her father's will, she finds herself in line for the throne of England--an obligation that she does not want.
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Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II

Darlene Deibler Rose

4.3

This is the true story of a young American missionary woman's courage and triumph of faith in the jungles of New Guinea and her four years in a notorious Japanese prison camp. Never to see her husband again, she was forced to sign a confession to a crime she did not commit and face the executioner's sword, only to be miraculously spared.

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Pale Rose of England

Sandra Worth

4.3
From the award-winning author of The King's Daughter comes a story of love and defiance during the War of the Roses.

It is 1497. The news of the survival of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, has set royal houses ablaze with intrigue and rocked the fledgling Tudor dynasty. With the support of Scotland's King James IV, Richard-known to most of England as Perkin Warbeck-has come to reclaim his right
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Lady of the Roses

Sandra Worth

4.3
During her short time as a ward in Queen Marguerite's Lancastrian court, fifteen-year-old Isobel has had many suitors ask for her hand, but the spirited beauty is blind to all but Yorkist Sir John Neville. It is nothing short of a miracle when the Queen allows Isobel's marriage to the enemy, albeit at a hefty price.

All around Isobel and John rages a lawless war. It is only their passion that can s
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The Rose of York: Fall from Grace (The Rose of York Trilogy, #3)

Sandra Worth

4.3
Worth (Houston, Texas), winner of numerous writing awards, researched the Wars of the Roses for ten years, lectures regularly, and is a member of U.S., Canada, and England Richard III societies.
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Richard the Third

Paul Murray Kendall

4.2
Paul Murray Kendall's masterful account of the life of England's King Richard III has remained the standard biography of this controversial figure.
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The Rose of York: Crown of Destiny (The Rose of York Trilogy, #2)

Sandra Worth

4.2
Fifteenth century England is a dangerous place as the Wars of the Roses rage and the passions of a few determine the fate of a nation.

After Edward IV's death in 1483, his detested queen Elizabeth Woodville makes a grab for power in court rotten with intrigue. To avert civil war, Richard

of Gloucester must betray his royal brother's secret, for which another brother has already died. With war loomin
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Richard III: The Maligned King

Annette Carson

4.2
In 2012 Annette Carson formed part of the team that discovered King Richard III's mortal remains, verified in 2013 by forensics including DNA matching. In response to the recent upsurge of interest, her 2009 paperback has been updated with details of the discovery plus new illustrations, and a larger typeface for easier readability. Carson's premise is that for centuries the vision of Richard III
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The King's Daughter. A Novel of the First Tudor Queen (Rose of York)

Sandra Worth

4.2
Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth of York trusts that her beloved father's dying wish has left England in the hands of a just and deserving ruler. But upon the rise of Richard of Gloucester, Elizabeth's family experiences one devastation after another: her late father is exposed as a bigamist, she and her siblings are branded bastards, and her brothers are taken into the new king's custody, then report
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The Tudor Rose

Margaret Campbell Barnes

4.2
Two princes battle to determine England's destiny: whoever wins will take Britain's most rightful heir as his bride and her kingdom for his own. On one side is her uncle Richard, the last Plantagenet King, whom she fears to be the murderer of her two brothers, the would-be kings. On the other is Henry Tudor, the exiled knight. Can he save her from a horrifying marriage to a cutthroat soldier?

Thru
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Red Rose, White Rose

Joanna Hickson

4.2
The powerful story of Cecily Neville, torn between both sides in the War of the Roses. Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory.

Richard, the thirteen-year-old Duke of York, England’s richest heir.
Told through the eyes of Cicely and her half-brother Cuthbert, Red Rose, White Rose is the story of one of the most powerful women in England during one of its most turbulent periods. Born of Lancaster and ma
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Royal Blood: Richard III and the Mystery of the Princes

Bertram Fields

4.2
Notoriously immortalied by Shakespeare and historians, he is history's most infamous royal villian: Richard III, king of England from 1483 to 1485. Crazed with power and paranoia, he is generally supposed to have killed the youthful Prince of Wales and the aged Henry VI, drowned his brother in a vat of wine, poisoned his wife, and, worst of all, murdered his two young nephews, the older of whom wa
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Figures In Silk

Vanora Bennett

4.2
As the Wars of the Roses draw slowly to a close, England is a place of turmoil. Edward IV is on the throne but his position is unstable & he finds himself challenged by a man who would become Henry VII. But one woman, a silkweaver to the court & mistress to Richard III, can cut through the turmoil with her clever ways & pretty smile.
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Winter of Solace (The Executioner Knights Book 5)

Kathryn Le Veque

4.2
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To the Tower Born: A Novel of the Lost Princes

Robin Maxwell

4.2
The author of the highly praised The Wild Irish is back with a mesmerizing novel that probes one of the most intriguing unsolved mysteries in history -- what happened to the lost princes of York

Debated for more than five centuries, the disappearance of the young princes Edward and Richard from the Tower of London in 1483 has stirred the imaginations of numerous writers from Shakespeare to Josephin
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Henry V

William Shakespeare, Gary Taylor

4.2
The introduction includes an examination of the Quarto and texts, and of the relationship between them; a critical discussion of the play's historical and literary sources; an examination of conflicting critical attitudes to the play, and of its fluctuating theatrical fortunes; and a demonstration of the range and variety of Shakespeare's characterization.

About the Series: For over 100 years Oxfor
Jacob Weisberg portrait Recommended by Jacob Weisberg.
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Winter Pilgrims (Kingmaker, #1)

Toby Clements

4.2
February, 1460: in the bitter dawn of a winter's morning a young nun is caught outside her priory walls by a corrupt knight and his vicious retinue.

In the fight that follows, she is rescued by a young monk and the knight is defeated. But the consequences are far-reaching, and Thomas and Katherine are expelled from their religious Orders and forced to flee across a land caught in the throes of one

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Wars of the Roses Series Collection Conn Iggulden 3 Books Set (Stormbird, Trinity, Bloodline)

Conn Iggulden

4.2
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The Last White Rose: Dynasty, Rebellion and Treason. The Secret Wars against the Tudors

Desmond Seward

4.2
The Wars of the Roses didn't end at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. Despite the death of Richard III and Henry VII's victory, it continued underground into the following century with plots, pretenders and subterfuge by the ousted white rose faction. Here, Desmond Seward reviews the story of the Tudors' seizure of the throne.
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Blood & Roses: The Paston Family and the Wars of the Roses

Helen Castor

4.2
The Wars of the Roses turned England upside down. Between 1455 and 1485 four kings, including Richard III, lost their thrones, more than forty noblemen lost their lives on the battlefield or their heads on the block, and thousands of the men who followed them met violent deaths. As they made their way in a disintegrating world, the Paston family in Norfolk family were writing letters - about polit
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King Richard II

William Shakespeare

4.2
This richly annotated edition takes a fresh look at the first part of Shakespeare's second tetralogy of history plays, showing how it relates to the other plays in the sequence. Forker places the play in its political context, discussing its relation to competing theories of monarchy, how it faced censorship because of possible comparisons between Richard II and Elizabeth I, and how Bolingbroke's
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The Woodvilles: The Wars of the Roses and England's Most Infamous Family

Higginbotham

4.2
From an acclaimed historical fiction author comes the first nonfiction book on the notorious and perennially popular Woodville family, investigatingsuch controversial issues as the fate of the Princes in the Tower and witchcraft allegations against Elizabeth and her mother

In 1464, the most eligible bachelor in England, Edward IV, stunned the nation by revealing his secret marriage to Elizabeth Woo
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The Sun in Splendour (Plantagenet Saga, #14)

Jean Plaidy

4.1
Reckoned by those about him to be the most handsome man in the country, Edward the fourth has risen to the throne with the help of Warwick, the kingmaker. But even Warwick's trusted advice cannot convince the King to ignore his passion for the beautiful widow, Elizabeth Woodville - and when she refuses to become his mistress the two are married.

Beloved of the people, Edward proves himself to be a
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A Dangerous Inheritance

Alison Weir

4.1
England's Tower of London was the terrifying last stop for generations of English political prisoners. A Dangerous Inheritance weaves together the lives and fates of four of its youngest and most blameless: Lady Katherine Grey, Lady Jane's younger sister; Kate Plantagenet, an English princess who lived nearly a century before her; and Edward and Richard, the boy princes imprisoned by their ruthles
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A Match Made On Duchess Square: Regency Historical Romance (The Silver Duchesses Book 3)

Meara Platt

4.1

She was hired to find him the perfect match. Why is he looking at her as though she’s the oneA handsome widower in need of a wife. A lovely spinster renowned for her matchmaking talents. Will she find him the perfect match? Or might both discover they are meant for each other in this next book in a new historical romance Regency series from USA Today bestselling author Meara Platt! The ladies know

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Royal Mistress

Anne Easter Smith

4.1
From the author of A Rose for the Crown and Daughter of York comes another engrossing historical novel of the York family in the Wars of the Roses, telling the fascinating story of the rise and fall of the final and favorite mistress of Edward IV.

Jane Lambert, the quick-witted and alluring daughter of a silk merchant, is twenty-two and still unmarried. When Jane’s father finally finds her a match,
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Red Rose of Anjou (Plantagenet Saga, #13)

Jean Plaidy

4.1

When Henry VI becomes king, it is soon clear that he would be better suited to a quiet life than to ruling the country. Richard, Duke of York, is convinced that he would make a better king and has more right to the crown, and he will stop at nothing to claim it. But Margaret of Anjou, Henry's new French wife, is a formidable woman who is just as determined to keep Henry on the throne.



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The White Rose Resists: A Novel of the German Students Who Defied Hitler

Amanda Barratt

4.1
Inspired by the incredible true story of a group of ordinary men and women who dared to stand against evil The ideal of a new Germany swept up Sophie Scholl in a maelstrom of patriotic fervor--that is, until she realized the truth behind Hitler's machinations for the fatherland. Now she and other students in Munich, the cradle of the Nazi government, have banded together to form a group to fight f
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The Exiled (War of the Roses, #2)

Posie Graeme-Evans

4.1
In this windswept story set in the lusty fifteenth century, the enchanting Anne faces the challenge of raising her child in exile. Always resourceful, she flourishes as a merchant and is able to support her household. But the local businessmen aren't pleased about competing with a woman and her foes are multiplying around her, desperate to put her back in what they believe is her rightful place.

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A Time Of End (The Executioner Knights #4)

Kathryn Le Veque

4.1
The Executioner Knights are back! Alexander de Sherrington seeks to marry a daughter of the great Christopher de Lohr (Rise of the Defender). But not if King John has anything to say about it!

Alexander de Sherrington, the man affectionately referred to as ‘Sherry’ by his friends, is off on the greatest adventure of his life… and his target is Lady Christin de Lohr.

Lovely and vivacious, Christin is
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The Founding (The Morland Dynasty, #1)

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

4.1
This wonderful series opens with the back drop of the Wars of the Roses with the marriage between Eleanor Morland and a scion of the influential house of Beaufort. It is a union which establishes the powerful Morland dynasty and in the succeeding volumes of this rich tapestry of English life, we follow their fortunes through war and peace, political upheaval and social revolution, times of pestile
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Black Knight (Gentlemen of Knights, #2)

Elizabeth Johns

4.1
A rake and an independent female find themselves tangled in the web of a marriage of convenience...

Lord Heath Knight is the quintessential wastrel second son. He has spent his youth raking and making merry to be as opposite of his brother as possible. When he finds himself almost dead, his dictatorial older brother has had enough and issues an edict for him to marry or be cut off. Heath decides
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The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England

Dan Jones

4.1
The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it into an empire stretched at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem. In this epic history, Dan Jones vividly resurrects this fierce and seductive royal dynasty and its mythic world.

We meet the captivating Eleanor of Aquitaine, twice queen and the most famous woman in Christendom; her son, Richard the Lionh
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Jasper (Tudor Trilogy, #2)

Tony Riches

4.1
Following the best-selling historical fiction novel OWEN – Book One of The Tudor Trilogy, this is the story, based on actual events, of Owen’s son Jasper Tudor, who changes the history of England forever.

England 1461: The young King Edward of York has taken the country by force from King Henry VI of Lancaster. Sir Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke, flees the massacre of his Welsh army at the Battle
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Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudor Dynasty

Elizabeth Norton

4.1
Divorced at ten, a mother at thirteen & three times a widow. The extraordinary true story of the 'Red Queen', Lady Margaret Beaufort, matriarch of the Tudors. Born in the midst of the Wars of the Roses, Margaret Beaufort became the greatest heiress of her time. She survived a turbulent life, marrying four times and enduring imprisonment before passing her claim to the crown of England to her son,
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What Happens in Piccadilly (The Hellion Club, #3)

Chasity Bowlin

4.1
There's no such thing as just a kiss...

Chaos! That is what greets Miss Calliope St. James when she enters the household of her prospective employer, Lord Winn Hamilton, the Earl of Montgomery. The newly appointed guardian for his nieces and nephew, he's clearly a man who has no idea what to do with children... and they are children who clearly know when the adults in charge haven't a clue what t
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Red Roses: Blanche of Gaunt to Margaret Beaufort

Amy Licence

4.1
The Wars of the Roses were not just fought by men on the battlefield. Behind the scenes, there were daughters, wives, mistresses, mothers and queens whose lives and influences helped shape the most dramatic of English conflicts. This book traces the story of women on the Lancastrian side, from the children borne by Blanche, wife of John of Gaunt, through the turbulent fifteenth century to the adve
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Henry IV, Part I

William Shakespeare, David Bevington

4.1
During Shakespeare's lifetime, Henry IV was his most popular play. Today, Sir John Falstaff still towers above Shakespeare's other comic inventions. This edition considers the play in the context of various critical approaches, offers a history of the play in performance from Shakespeare's time to ours, and provides useful information on its historical background. Readers will also find detailed c
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Owen (Tudor Trilogy, #1)

Tony Riches

4.1
England 1422: Owen Tudor, a Welsh servant, waits in Windsor Castle to meet his new mistress, the beautiful and lonely Queen Catherine of Valois, widow of the warrior king, Henry V. Her infant son is crowned King of England and France, and while the country simmers on the brink of civil war, Owen becomes her protector. They fall in love, risking Owen’s life and Queen Catherine’s reputation—but how
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A Scot on Duchess Square: Regency Historical Romance (The Silver Duchesses Book 2)

Meara Platt

4.1

His kinsmen abducted the wrong lady. Why did he think she was so right?A Scot and a fiery widow discover love in this next book in a new historical romance Regency series from USA Today bestselling author Meara Platt! The ladies known to Society as the Silver Duchesses reside on Duchess Square in elegant Mayfair. These lovely heroines, Berry, Miranda, and Gwendolyn, are about to find love in this

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WolfeHeart (De Wolfe Pack Generations, #1)

Kathryn Le Veque

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Welcome to de Wolfe Pack Generations… grandsons of the great William de Wolfe. Meet Markus de Wolfe, Patrick “Atty” de Wolfe’s son… and he is every inch his father’s boy.

The grandsons of William de Wolfe all bear the Mark of de Wolfe - a tattoo of the de Wolfe crest somewhere upon their body. It's a badge of honor, of courage, and most of all - of family. The Pack sticks together.

Markus de Wolfe h
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Fearless Duke (League of Dukes Book 6)

Scarlett Scott

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Miss Isabella Hilgrove, proprietress of the Ladies’ Typewriting School, prides herself on the quality of her staff. After the Duke of Westmorland sacks the third typist she has sent him in as many days, she’s not just outraged, she’s determined to put the arrogant bully in his place.

Benedict Manning, Duke of Westmorland, is having the worst week of his life. A bomb has exploded on London Bridge,
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Barefoot in Hyde Park (The Hellion Club Book 2)

Chasity Bowlin

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The Secrets of Saffron Hall: An absolutely gripping Tudor historical fiction novel

Clare Marchant

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Two women. Five centuries apart.One life-changing secret about to be unearthed...1538New bride Eleanor impresses her husband by growing saffron, a spice more valuable than gold. His reputation in Henry VIII’s court soars – but fame and fortune come at a price, for the king’s favor will not last forever...2019When Amber discovers an ancient book in her grandfather’s home at Saffron Hall, the conten

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She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth

Helen Castor

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When Edward VI - Henry VIII’s longed-for son - died in 1553, extraordinarily, there was no one left to claim the title King of England. For the first time, all the contenders for the crown were female.

In 1553, England was about to experience the ‘monstrous regiment’ - the unnatural rule - of a woman. But female rule in England also had a past. Four hundred years before Edward’s death, Matilda, dau
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Alpha's War (Bad Boy Alphas, #6)

Renee Rose and Lee Savino

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I MARKED YOU. YOU BELONG TO ME.

Nash
I’ve survived suicide missions in war zones. Shifter prison labs. The worst torture imaginable. Nothing knocked me off my feet... until the beautiful lioness they threw in my cage. We shared one night before our captors ripped us apart.

Now I’m free, and my lion is going insane. He’ll destroy me from the inside out if I don’t find my mate.

I don’t know who s
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Ashes of Roses and War

Sibyl Jarvis Pischke

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Divided Souls (Kingmaker, #3)

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'An enthralling adventure story, honest and powerful. The Wars of the Roses are imagined here with energy, with ferocity, with hunger to engage the reader.' Hilary Mantel

Lent, 1469

The recent wars between the House of York and the House of Lancaster seem over. The Yorkist King Edward sits on his throne in Westminster, while the Lancastrian claimants are in exile or under lock and key in the Tower.

B
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The Uncrowned Queen (War of the Roses, #3)

Posie Graeme-Evans

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The thrilling climax to the trilogy that began with The Innocent and The Exiled brings Posie Graeme-Evans's bittersweet story of two lovers divided by the throne of England to its dramatic conclusion.

As England tears itself apart in the War of the Roses, Anne de Bohun lives far from the intrigues of cities and courts. Once King Edward IV's mistress, Anne has found safety with their son in Brugg

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The Adventures of Alianore Audley

Brian Wainwright

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'Roger wore his collar of golden Yorkist suns to show that he was one of the King's knights, ludicrous piked shoes to show that he was fashionable, and a massive codpiece to show that he had a vivid imagination.' Alianore Audley is a good, submissive, demure woman of the fifteenth century ... and if you believe that, you'll believe anything. But she is a spy in Edward IV's intelligence service, an
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The House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown

Nathen Amin

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The Wars of the Roses were a tumultous period in English history, with family fighting family for the greatest prize in the kingdom – the throne of England. But what gave the eventual victor, Henry Tudor, the right to claim the throne? What made his mother the great heiress of medieval England? And how could an illegitimate line come to challenge the English monarchy? Whilst the Houses of York and
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Plantagenet Princess, Tudor Queen: The Story of Elizabeth of York (Plantagenet Embers, #1)

Samantha Wilcoxson

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She was the mother of Henry VIII and wife of Henry VII, but who was Elizabeth of York? Raised as the precious oldest child of Edward IV, Elizabeth had every reason to expect a bright future until Edward died, and her life fell apart.

When Elizabeth's uncle became Richard III, she was forced to choose sides. Should she trust her father's brother and most loyal supporter or honor the betrothal that h
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Three Sisters, Three Queens (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #8)

Philippa Gregory

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As sisters they share an everlasting bond; As queens they can break each other’s hearts.

“There is only one bond that I trust: between a woman and her sisters. We never take our eyes off each other. In love and in rivalry, we always think of each other.”

When Katherine of Aragón is brought to the Tudor court as a young bride, the oldest princess, Margaret, takes her measure. With one look, each know
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The Secret Diary of Eleanor Cobham

Tony Riches

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England, 1441:

Lady Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester, hopes to become Queen of England before her interest in astrology and her husband’s ambition leads their enemies to accuse her of a plot against the king. Eleanor is found guilty of sorcery and witchcraft. Rather than have her executed, King Henry VI orders Eleanor to be imprisoned for life.

More than a century after her death, carpenters
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Lord of the Sky (The Executioner Knights, #6)

Kathryn Le Veque

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The Wars of the Roses Colouring Book

Debra Bayani and Dmitry Yakhovsky

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Debra Bayani, author of Jasper Tudor: Godfather of the Tudor Dynasty, and artist Dmitry Yakhovsky have come together to create this beautiful colouring book which will be enjoyed by both young and old.

The Wars of the Roses lasted for over thirty years and were a series of civil wars fought between rival claimants for the English throne: the Yorkists and Lancastrians. This tumultuous period of hist
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The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty

G.J. Meyer

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For the first time in decades, here, in a single volume, is a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. Acclaimed historian G. J. Meyer reveals the flesh-and-bone reality in all its wild excess.

In 1485, young Henry Tudor, whose claim to the throne was so weak as to be almost laughable, crossed the English Channel from France at th
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The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)

Philippa Gregory

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Three Women Who Share One Fate: The Boleyn Inheritance

Anne of Cleves
She runs from her tiny country, her hateful mother, and her abusive brother to a throne whose last three occupants are dead. King Henry VIII, her new husband, instantly dislikes her. Without friends, family, or even an understanding of the language being spoken around her, she must literally save her neck in a court ruled by a dea
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The Moonstone Governess (The Moonstone Landing Book 4)

Meara Platt

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Welcome to Moonstone Landing, where moonstones shimmer beneath the sea and wounded hearts are mended.Daire Claymore, Duke of Claymore, does not understand why he is so drawn to Moonstone Landing, the sleepy village on the coast of Cornwall. He has all the wealth and power any man can want, and women who will come running to warm his bed at his slightest nod. In fact, he is used to getting whatever

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The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)

Philippa Gregory

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This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780743227445

Two sisters competing for the greatest prize: The love of a king

When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realises just how much she is a pawn in her family's ambitious p
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Poppy and Pansy (Chemsworth Hall Book 6)

Kate Archer

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Reg #: 538772, https://authorsguild.org/humanLady Mulholland’s two youngest daughters, Poppy and Pansy Granger, have finally come of age. It was their governess’s opinion that they’d taken their time about it, and they had. Now, though, there was no denying the twins were two proper young ladies. It was time to think about gentlemen that might suit.And therein lay the problem. The two ladies had n

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Son of York

Amy Licenc

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The Last Days of Richard III

John Ashdown-Hill

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What Richard III did in his last five months, what happened to his body, and how his DNA was found in Canada

A new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard’s last 150 days explores these events from the standpoint of Richard himself and his contemporaries. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, this book presents a new Richard—no passive
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The Scent of Love (The Book of Love, #5)

Meara Platt

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Will The Book of Love work its magic on Belle and Finn?

Belle Farthingale knows something is wrong in the family business and is worried her father has gotten in over his head. She needs Finn Brayden’s help to get him out of trouble, but after their humiliating encounter at Lady Dayne’s tea party, will he ever speak to her again?

Finn Brayden has one rule: never mix business with pleasure. But that
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The King's Mother: Book Three of The Beaufort Chronicle (The Beaufort Chronicles 3)

Judith Arnop

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Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers, #1) book cover96

Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers, #1)

Sarah MacLean

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A lady does not smoke cheroot. She does not ride astride. She does not fence or attend duels. She does not fire a pistol, and she never gambles at a gentlemen's club.

Lady Calpurnia Hartwell has always followed the rules, rules that have left her unmarried—and more than a little unsatisfied. And so she's vowed to break the rules and live the life of pleasure she's been missing.

But to dance every da
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Reign of de Winter: A Medieval Romance Bundle

Kathryn Le Veque

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A Song of Sixpence: The Story of Elizabeth of York and Perkin Warbeck

Judith Arnop

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Chemsworth Hall - Marigold

Kate Archer

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Reg #: 8560917, https://authorsguild.org/humanLady Mulholland proceeds in all confidence with her quest to see her girls well settled. It is a rather comfortable quest, as she’s thrown the task in Henry Granger’s lap. Her son is to bring suitable gentleman home from Oxford for her daughters’ inspection. So far, he’s stumbled his way through it, despite the odd broken bone, madness in the family li

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Broken Faith (Kingmaker, #2)

NA

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England: October, 1463.

The great slaughter of the battle of Towton is two years past, but England is still not at peace. The Northern Parts of the land remain in the hands of the Lancastrian king, while in the south, the princes of the house of York prepare for war.

Uneasy alliances are forged and just as quickly broken: a friend one day might be your enemy the next, and through this land, pursued