For Anne Neville, a timid and delicate child ignored by her mother, patronised by her elder sister and bullied by her formidable father Warwick the Kingmaker, her childhood friend Richard Plantagenet becomes a source of strength throughout her life. As she moves abruptly from castle to castle, and from England to France, with Warwick's changing fortunes in the turbulent Wars of the Roses, Anne is a pawn in the dangerous games of political intrigue that she struggles to understand. The third son of the ambitious Duke of York, later King Richard III, is a hero in the eyes of the shy and...
For Anne Neville, a timid and delicate child ignored by her mother, patronised by her elder sister and bullied by her formidable father Warwick the Ki...
Janet Evershed was the daughter of the Mayor of York, a successful and well-regarded mercer. But Janet's life didn't follow the usual pattern for a well-brought-up girl. Due to a series of unexpected events she became a very young widow running her own growing business in London, the mistress of the charismatic king and an exile in the Low Countries with a life inextricably entwined with those of the Princes in the Tower. They were all sons of York - Edward IV, Richard III, their brother George and all their children. Janet was not part of the elite, glittering court, but she played a key...
Janet Evershed was the daughter of the Mayor of York, a successful and well-regarded mercer. But Janet's life didn't follow the usual pattern for a we...
