New fiction books

New acquisitions by the fiction library since last website update:

Books

Allison-Williams, Jean. Mistress of The Tabard. Suffolk: St
Edmundsbury Press, 1984. 191pps. In 1471, an inn keeperýs
daughter, Sir John Crosbyýs niece, meets Richard of Gloucester, has
an affair with Buckingham and helps find Anne Neville.


Bolton, Ivy. A Loyal Foe London: Longsman, Green and Co.. 1933.
260 pp. This story of Rex Damory is set in the last years of the
Wars of the Roses, in the reigns of Edward IV and Richard III. Rex,
heir of the noble house of Damory, is captured and, although he
belongs to the Red Rose party, later becomes the loved and trusted
companion of Prince Edward. The book very much follows the
traditional view of Richard.


Burke, Eric Owen. The Last White Rose . London: Trafford
Publishing, 2006 680pps. Near the end of the fifteenth century,
Richard Plantagenet - one of the twoyoung princes rumoured-to-be
murdered in the Tower of London by their uncle, Richard III re-
emerged as a stunningly handsome young man seeking arms and monies to
usurp the crown from the now King Henry VII, who referred to the
would-be royal as "the Perkin Warbeck."


Crowley, John. The Deep New York: Doubleday, 1975. 180pps. A
visitor arrives from elsewhere on a medieval world. Whilst a war of
succession (apparently patterned on the Wars of the Roses) plays out,
the visitor changes roles into secretary, then recorder. Meanwhile,
the slow stable world which has been "immortal" begins to spiral into
the unknown path of development.


Giles, Valerie. Shine Out, Fair Sun (unpublished)


Irwin, Frances Summerýs End Lulu.com, 2008, 333pps. "Summerýs
End" tells the story of Francis Lord Lovell. This period is familiar
to readers of historical novels, but is approached here from a
different viewpoint. The story also continues into the far less
familiar years following Richardýs death.


Lambert, Lesley Roses Are White York: Simcoe Publishing, 2005.
437pp. Born in the early 1460s and orphaned at birth, Giles Butler
has been raised in the household of an influential bishop serving at
the court of Edward IV. Giles is determined to discover the identity
of his father and his search disturbs an old secret which seems to
involve the king.


Nichols, Wallace B. The Secret Son. Leicester: Newman Wolsey
Limited, 1944. 256pp. Life of Richard Plantagenet, illegitimate son
of Richard III.


Plaidy, Jean. The Follies of the King. New York: Putnam's Sons,
1982. 331pp. Eighth book in the Plantagenet series. Begins with
the death of Edward I and the return to court of the new king's
favorite, Piers Gaveston.


Reddicliffe, Sheila. The Cornish Serjeant. London. William Kimber &
Co. 1984. 255pp. Novel based on the career of Justice Ayssheton of
Calyngton who lived during the times of Henry VI.


Smith, Anne Easter. Daughter of York. New York: Simon & Schuster,
2008. 570pp. Smith's second historical novel (after A Rose for
the Crown) opens in 1461 with 15-year-old Margaret of York mourning
the deaths of her father, Richard, duke of York, and brother Edmund,
recently slain in battle against the Lancastrians. Eldest brother
Edward raises an army of his own, routs King Henry and Queen Margaret
and marches into London, where he's crowned king. The novel's heroine
falls in love with the married Sir Anthony Woodville, and their
romance evolves slowly and passionately, though she is later married
off to Charles, duke of Burgundy.


Williamson, Hugh Ross. The Marriage Made In Blood. London:
Northumberland Press Ltd. 1968. 221 pp. In this self-
contained novel, which opens where The Butt of Malmsey closed, the
author continues his reconstruction of the turbulent period which
includes the battle of Bosworth, the murder of the Princes in the
Tower, the pretendership of Perkin Warbeck and the accession of Henry
VIII.



Plays

Anderson, Maxwell. Richard and Anne: A Play in Two Parts. McFarland
and Co. 1991. 162pp.

Daviot, Gordon (Josephine Tey). -Queen of Scots. 1934 127pp.

------Richard of Bordeaux. London, 1933 120pp.

Press-Coffman, Toni. Two Days of Grace at Middleham (unpublished,
1997) 113pp. The play takes place in the 15th and 20th centuries.

Vaughan, Stuart. The Royal Game. Chicago, 1974
Play is set during the first years of the reign of Henry VII, with
the premise that not only did Richard not murder the two princes in
the Tower, but that one of them actually survived. With this as a
premise, the play creates a struggle for power betwee Henry VII and
the Dowager Queen Elizabeth, defending daughter Beth.



Miscellanea

Hogarth, William. "King Richard III - On Stage & Off." Volume 12,
Issue 3 of the Ricardian Register with critiques and photos from
several on stage productions.