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Bibliography

1. Political history of the Wars of the Roses

The history of the Wars of the Roses …

Title	Author/Editor	Publisher	Year
The Pastons: A Family in the Wars of the Roses	edited by Barber, Richard	Boydell Press	2004
The Chronicles of the White Rose Reprint of 1843 edition.	edited by Giles, J C	Alan Sutton	1974
The Chronicles of the Wars of the Roses	edited by Hallam, Elizabeth	Weidenfeld & Nicholson	1988
The Wars of the Roses	edited by Hallam, Elizabeth	Colour Library Books	1998
The Wars of the Roses : From Richard II to the Fall of Richard III at Bosworth Field as seen through the eyes of their contemporaries.	edited by Hallam, Elizabeth	Grove Press	1998
Blood-Red the Roses: The Wars of the Roses An elementary history of the Wars of the Roses.	Alderman, Clifford Lindsey		1973
Three Crises in early English History : Personalities and Politics during the Norman Conquest, the Reign of King John, the Wars of the Roses	Alexander, Michael van Cleve	University Press of America	1998
Stoke Field: The Last Battle of the Wars of the Roses	Baldwin, David	Pen and Sword	2006
The First Battle of St. Albans	Boardman, Andrew	Tempus	2006
The Battles of St. Albans	Burley, Peter; Elliott, Michael and Watson, Harvey	Pen and Sword	2007
The Wars of the Roses: Politics and the Constitution of England c. 1437 - 1509	Carpenter, Christine	Cambridge University Press	1997
The Wars of the Roses A Royal History of England Series – an easy to read coffee table book with plenty of well known pictures of people and places a good introduction to the wars, it has a chapter on each of the kings involved in the build up to the Wars of the Roses.	Cheetham, Anthony, edited by Fraser, Antonia	Weidenfeld & Nicholson	2000
The Wars of the Roses Popularised well illustrated account of the Wars.	Cole, Hubert		1993
Lancastrians and the Yorkists : Wars of the Roses	Cook, D R	Longman	1984
The Wars of the Roses History in Depth series. For secondary school pupils, a concise illustrated account of the Wars with quotations from sources and questions for further thought and work.	Dawson, Ian	Nelson Thomas	1990
Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou and the Wars of the Roses A source book, chapters focusing on aspects of the Wars of the Roses era with commentary followed by extracts from contemporary chronicles, letters etc.	Dockray, Keith		2000
William Shakespeare, The Wars of the Roses and the Historians	Dockray, Keith	Tempus Publishing	2002
The Wars of the Roses: Stories of the Struggle of York and Lancaster Narrative of the course of events from the "Plucking of the Roses in the Temple Garden" to the death of Richard III at Bosworth.	Edgar, J G		1859
The Wars of the Roses (introduction by Ralph A Griffiths)	Evans, H T	Sutton Publishing	1998
Wales and The Wars of the Roses	Evans, H T	Sutton Publishing	1998
A Royal History of England : The Wars of the Roses	Fraser, Antonia	University of California	2000
The Wars of the Roses : Peace and Conflict in 15th Century England Examines the campaigns and battles and the politics behind them, showing their limited impact on the social and religious life of the country. (Paperback in 1990)	Gillingham, John	Louisiana State University	1981
The Wars of the Roses	Gillingham, John	Weidenfeld & Nicholson	2001
The Wars of the Roses : Military Activity and English Society 1452 - 1497	Goodman, Anthony	Tempus Publishing	2004
The Wars of the Roses: The Soldiers' Experience	Goodman, Anthony	Tempus	2006
Two Families in the Wars of the Roses The Paston and Stoner families.	Goyder, Rosemary	Longman	1974
Sir Rys ap Thomas and his Family : Study of the Wars of the Roses and Early Tudor Politics	Griffith, Ralph A	University of Wales Press	1993
The Wars of the Roses	Griffiths, Ralph A	Sutton Publishing	1998
Memorials of the Wars of the Roses	Hampton, W E	Upminster	1979
The Clifford Household During the Wars of the Roses 1450 - 1487	Harvey, Adrian, and Waite, Martin	Weidenfeld & Nicholson	1988
Richard III and his Rivals: Magnates and their motives in the Wars of the Roses	Hicks, Michael	Hambledon Press	1991
The Wars of the Roses 1455 - 1485 Essential Histories Series No 54: History of the Wars of the Roses with family trees for the Houses of York and Lancaster, maps and chronology.	Hicks, Michael	Osprey Publishing	2003
The Wars of the Roses	Hicks, Michael	Yale University Press	2010
The Wars of the Roses	Kendall, Paul Murray	Sphere Books	1957
The Yorkist Age: Daily Life in the Middle Ages	Kendall, Paul Murray	Allen & Unwin	1962
The Wars of the Roses Library edition, World History series.	Lace, William A	Greenhaven Press	1995
The Wars of the Roses	Lander, J R	Secker & Warburg	1963
The Crown & Nobility 1450 - 1509	Lander, J R	Arnold	1976
Politics and Power in England 1450 - 1509	Lander, J R	Arnold	1976
The Wars of the Roses	Lander, J R	Alan Sutton/St Martin's Press, New York	1990
The Lincolnshire Gentry and the Wars of the Roses	Mackman, Jonathan S	University of York	2003
Wars of the Roses 1377 - 1471	Mowat, A J	Crosby Lockwood	1914
The Wars of the Roses (Caxton Editions 2003; Cassell Military 2005)	Neillands, Robin	Weidenfeld & Nicholson	1992
The Wars of the Roses	Parker, Michael St John, edited by Lockhart, Ann	Pitkin Guides	1996
The Wars of the Roses and Henry VII	Pendress, Colin	Heinemann	2003
North East England during the Wars of the Roses: Lay Society, War and Politics 1450 - 1500	Pollard, A J	Clarendon Press	1990
The Wars of the Roses British History in Perspective series, concise account of the causes, course of, and effect of the wars with a useful biographical survey.	Pollard, A J	Palgrave & MacMillan	1995
The Wars of the Roses Problems in Focus series.	Pollard, A J	Palgrave MacMillan	1995
The Wars of the Roses A Wheadon reference book	Raine, Michael	Exeter	1969
Lancaster & York	Ramsay, J H	Oxford University Press	1892
The Lordly Ones: A History of the Neville Family and their Part in the Wars of the Roses	Richardson, Geoffrey	Baildon Press	1998
A Pride of Bastards: A History of the Beaufort Family and their Part in the Wars of the Roses	Richardson, Geoffrey	Baildon Press	1998
The Wars of the Roses: A Concise History	Ross, Charles	Thames & Hudson	1976
Bosworth Field and the Wars of the Roses	Rowse, A L		1966
The Wars of the Roses	Royle, Trevor	Palgrave MacMillan	2005
The Road to Bosworth Field Military history of the wars in the context of political,religious and social background.	Royle, Trevor	Little Brown Book Group	2009
Wars in the North: The Wars of the Roses in the North East of England	Sadler, John Douglas	Stuart Publishing	2000
The Wars of the Roses through the lives of five men and women of the Fifteenth century	Seward, Desmond	Viking Press	1995
The Last White Rose: Dynasty, Rebellion and Treason: The Secret Wars Against the Tudors	Seward, Desmond	Constable & Robinson	2010
Battles in Britain and their Political Background Vol I 1066 - 1547 Includes a summary of the Wars of the Roses and detailed accounts of the Battles of St Albans (2nd), Tewkesbury and Bosworth	Seymour, William	Sidgewick & Jackson	1975
The House of York: Yorkist Account of the Wars of the Roses	Snowden, Keith	Castledon Publications	1998
Lincolnshire and the Wars of the Roses	Storey, R L		1976
The Wars of the Roses and the Yorkist Kings	Warren, John	Hodder & Arnold	1995
The Wars of the Roses	Webster, Bruce	Routledge	1997
The Wars of the Roses	Weir, Alison	Ballentine Books	1995
The Wars of the Roses: York and Lancaster	Weir, Alison	Jonathan Cape	1995
The Wars of the Roses Men at Arms series No 145: Brief, well illustrated account of the course of the wars, with family trees for the Houses of York and Lancaster, battle maps, tables and numbers of combatants plus illustrations of liveries, badges, weapons and armour. (colour illustrations by GA Embleton)	Wise, Terence	Osprey Publishing	1983

Title	Author/Editor	Publisher	Year
Politics and the Battle of St. Albans 1455	Armstrong, C A J	London	1983
Merevale and Atherstone: 1485 Recent Bosworth Discoveries	Austin, John D	The Friends of Atherstone Heritage	2004
Stoke Field: The Last Battle of the Wars of the Roses	Baldwin, David	Pen & Sword Books	2006
The Battle of Bosworth	Bennett, Michael	Alan Sutton	1985
The Battle of Towton	Boardman, Andrew	Sutton Publishing	2000
The First Battle of St Albans: 1455	Boardman, Andrew	Tempus Publishing	2006
The Battles of St Albans	Burley, Peter; Elliott, Michael; and Watson, Harvey	Pen & Sword Books	2007
Barnet 1471: Death of a Kingmaker	Clark, David	Pen & Sword Military	2007
The Battle of Wakefield Revisited: A Fresh Perspective on Richard of York's Final Battle, December 1460	Cox, Helen	Herstory Writing and Interpretation	2010
Towton - Blood Red Roses: Archaelogy of a Mass Grave from the Battle of Towton AD 1461	Fiorato, Veronica; Boylston, Anthea; and Knusel, Christopher	Oxbow Press	2000
The Field of Redmore: Battle of Bosworth 1485	Foss, Peter	Kairal Press (Rosalba 1990)	1988
The Battle of Bosworth	Foss, Peter	Newton Linford	1998
Tewksbury 1471	Goodchild, Stephen	Leo Cooper	2005
Fatal Colours: the Battle of Towton 1461 Includes lead-up to the battle and introduction by David Starkey on leadership in the fifteenth century.	Goodwin, George	Orion Publishing Group	2011
Bosworth 1485: The Last Charge of the Plantagenets Campaign Series No 66 - softback: Very well illustrated and concise analysis of the Battle of Bosworth complete with detailed maps. Battle scene plates by Graham Turner.	Gravett, Christopher	Osprey Publishing	1999
Towton 1461: England's Bloodiest Battle Campaign Series No 120 - softback: Very well illustrated showing arms and armour, concise analysis of the battle plus detailed maps. Battle scenes by Graham Turner.	Gravett, Chris	Osprey Publishing	2003
Tewkesbury 1471: The Last Yorkist Victory Campaign Series No 131 - softback: Very well illustrated, concise analysis of the battle plus detailed maps. Battle scenes by Graham Turner.	Gravett, Chris	Osprey Publishing	2003
The Battle of Wakefield	Haig, Philip A	Sutton Publishing	1996
Wakefield & Towton Battlefields: The Wars of the Roses	Haig, Philip A	Pen & Sword Books	2002
The Battles of Barnet & Tewkesbury An excellent and well illustrated history of these battles written by the President of Richard III Society.	Hammond, Peter W	Sutton Publishing	1993
Ludford Bridge & Mortimer's Cross: The Wars of the Roses in Hertfordshire and the Welsh Marches and the Accession of Edward IV	Hodges, Geoffrey	Logostar Publishing	1998
Ludford Bridge & Mortimer's Cross	Hodges, Geoffrey	Almelay	2000
The Battle of Bosworth Field	Hutton, William	Tempus	1999
Bosworth 1485: The Psychology of a Battle	Jones, Michael K	Tempus Publishing	2002
The Battle of Towton 1461 Covering events from Ludford Bridge 1459 to Towton including the battles of Northampton , Wakefield, Mortimer's Cross and the 2nd battle of St Albans.	McGill, Patrick		1992
The Battle of Barnet	McGill, Patrick	Freezywater	1996
The Battle of Bosworth Field	Williams, D T	Leicester	1966
The Field of Bosworth	Wright, K S	Kingsway Publishing	2002

Title	Author/Editor	Publisher	Year
Battles & Battlefields in England Rather out of date accounts of battles from 1066 to 1685 including all the main Wars of the Roses battles from St Albans to Bosworth.	Barrett,	CRB	1896
The Wars of the Roses: A Field Guide and Companion	Bramley, Peter	Sutton Publishing	2006
Cassell's Battlefields of England & Ireland Chapter devoted to the Wars of the Roses, includes references to the more obscure skirmishes of the wars.	Brook, Richard	Weidenfeld & Nicholson	2005
Visits to Fields of Battle in England Reprint of 1857 edition.	Brooke, Richard	Alan Sutton	1975
The Battlefields of England A modern account of the battles. Reprinted in 1973.	Burne, A H	Methuen & Co Limited	1950
Walk Towton 1461: a visitor guide to battle-related sites Follow Edward, Earl of March's campaign from Mortimer's Cross to Towton.	Cox, Helen, and Stringer, Alan	York Publishing Services	2012
Lost Battlefields of Britain	Hackett, Martin	Sutton Publishing	2005
Discovering Battlefields of England Brief accounts of the battles with notes on the appearance of the battlefields today. Includes 11 of the Wars of the Roses battles.	Kinross, John	Aylesbury	1979
Walking and Exploring the Battlefields of Britain Accounts of the battles including 12 from the Wars of the Roses, from St Albans to Stoke.	Kinross, John		1988
English Battlefields: 500 Battlefields that Shaped English History	Rayner, Michael	Stroud	2000
The Hollow Crowns: A History of the Battles of the Wars of the Roses	Richardson, Geoffrey	Baildon Books	1966
The Ordnance Survey: Complete Guide to the Battlefields of Britain Brief description of each battle with maps for the major battles.	Smurthwaite, David		1984
British Battlefields of the South Where battles were fought (with battle plans overlaid on Ordnance Survey maps) why, and how they were won and lost. Includes 1st & 2nd Battles of St Albans, Northampton, Mortimer's Cross, Barnet, Tewkesbury, Bosworth and Stoke.	Warner, Philip		1972
Fields of Fame in England and Scotland Includes 1st & 2nd Battles of Northampton, Wakefield Green, Towton, Barnet, Tewkesbury and Bosworth.	Wetherell, J E		1923

Title	Author/Editor	Publisher	Year
The Medieval Soldier: Men Who Fought the Wars of the Roses	Boardman, Andrew A	Sutton Publishing	1998
The Medieval Archer A definitive study of the archer and his weapons from the Battle of Hastings to the Wars of the Roses.	Bradbury, Jim		1985
The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare Encyclopaedia of medieval warfare covering the period 500 -1500 for Britain, Europe, Mediterranean and Middle East, includes brief biographies of leading kings, lords, generals and leaders plus brief descriptions of many major battles, including the Wars of the Roses, warfare, heraldry and arms and armour.	Bradbury, Jim	Routledge	2004
War in the Middle Ages First comprehensive study of all aspects of medieval warfare in Europe from the 5th to the 15th century. Translated by Michael Jones.	Contamine, Philippe	Basil Blackwell	1984
Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight Large illustrated survey of the evolution of weapons and body armour from the 11th to 16th century.	Edge, David, and Paddock, John Miles		1988
The Wars of the Roses: The Soldiers' Experience	Goodman, Anthony	Tempus	2006
Knights at Tournament Well-illustrated survey of jousts and tournaments from the 12th to the 16th century.	Gravett, Christopher	Osprey	1988
Armies and Warfare during the Wars of the Roses	Sadler, John Douglas	HMA	2002
War and Chivalry: Warfare and Aristocratic Culture in England, France and Burgundy at the End of the Middle Ages Covers the literature of honour and virtue, the orders of chivalry and the techniques of war.	Vale, Malcolm		1981

Title	Author/Editor	Publisher	Year
Who's Who of the Wars of the Roses Concise biographies of the major participants in the Wars of the Roses, written by a member of the Richard III Society.	Buckley, J A	Penhellick Publications	2002
Military Campaigns of the Wars of the Roses An excellent reference book with concise descriptions and analysis of all of the battles of the Wars of the Roses.	Haig, Philip A	Bramley Books	1997
Who was Who in the Wars of the Roses Another excellent publication written by a member of the Richard III Society giving concise biographies of the major participants in the Wars of the Roses.	Pogmore, Pauline Harrison	Rosabella Press (the publishing group of the Yorkshire Branch of the Richard III Society)	2005
Medieval Warfare in Manuscripts A beautifully illustrated book describing the art of war as depicted in medieval books. These manuscripts give an invaluable insight into the harsh realities of medieval warfare.	Porter, Pamela	British Library Publication	2000
Edward IV and the Wars of the Roses	Santiuste, David	Pen & Sword	2010
The Ordnance Survey Complete Guide to the Battlefields of Britain Brief description of each battle with maps for the major battles. Review in The Ricardian December 1985.	Smurthwaite, David	Exeter	1984
Encyclopaedia of the Wars of the Roses	Wagner, John A	ABC - CLO	2001

Title	Author/Editor	Publisher	Year
Calendar of Charter Rolls: Vol. 6 1427-1516.		HMSO	1927
Calendar of Close Rolls: Edward IV I 1461-68.		HMSO	1949
Calendar of Close Rolls: Edward IV II 1468-76.		HMSO	1953
Calendar of Close Rolls: Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III 1476-1485.		HMSO	1954
Calendar of Fine Rolls: Edward IV 1461-71.		HMSO	1949
Calendar of Fine: Rolls: Edward IV Richard III 1471-85.		HMSO	1961
Calendar of Patent Rolls: Edward IV Vol. 1 1461-67			1897
Calendar of Patent Rolls: Edward IV Vol. II 1467-77.			1899
Calendar of Patent Rolls: Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III 1476-1485.			1901
Calendar of Patent Rolls: Henry VI 1451-61
Titulus Regius: To the High and Mighty Prince Richard, Duc of Gloucester
The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England on CD Rom Available from SDE (Scholarly Digital Editions) £50 plus £2 post and packing. Mail orders to SDE Sales, 31 Guildford Road, Leicester LE2 2RD or e-mail them at sales@sd-editions.com	edited by Given-Wilson, C & others
British Harleian Manuscript 433 4 Vols.	edited by Horrox, RE & Hammond, PW	Richard III Society	1979-81
Rotuli Parliamentorum 6 Vols. 1472-1503 Text of Titulus Regis, the 1484 Act of Parliament settling the crown on Richard III	edited by Strachey, J & others		1783
York House Books 1461-1490	edited by Attreed, Lorraine	Stroud	1991

Title	Author/Editor	Publisher	Year
Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers relating to Great Britain and Ireland: Vol. 13 and Vol. 14 1484-92.
Calendar of Letters, Despatches and State Papers relating to the Negotiations between England and Spain preserved in the Archives of Simancas and elsewhere: Vol. 1 Henry VII 1485-1509.	edited by Bergenroth, R	HMSO	1862
Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts relating to English Affairs existing in the Archives and Collections of Venice and in other libraries of northern Italy: Vol. 1 1202-1509.	edited by Brown, R	HMSO	1864
Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts existing in the Archives and Collections of Milan: Vol. 1 1385-1618.	edited by Hinds, AB		1913

Title	Author/Editor	Publisher	Year
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland by Raphael Holinshed 6 vols		London	1807-8
Chroniques by Jean Molinet 1476-1506
Historia Regnum Angliae by John Rous
The Usurpation of Richard III by Dominic Mancini	edited by Armstrong, CAJ	Oxford	1936
Historie of the Arrival of Edward IV in England	edited by Bruce, John	Camden Society	1838
Memoires de Philippe de Commynes	edited by Calmette, J & Durville, G	Paris	1924
An English Chronicle of the reigns of Ricard II, Henry IV, V, VI, written befor the year 1470	edited by Davies, John S	Camden Society Vol. 64	1856
Anchiennes Croniques d'Engleterre by Jehan de Waurin	edited by Dupont, E	Paris	1958-63
The Chronicle of John Hardyng and Continuation by Richard Grafton	edited by Ellis, H	London	1812
The New Chronicles of England and France	edited by Ellis, H	London	1811
Three Books of Polydore Vergil's English History	edited by Ellis, H	Camden Society	1844
Union of the Two Illustre Families of Lancaster and York by Edward Hall	edited by Ellis, H	London	1809
Six Town Chronicles of England	edited by Flenley, R	Oxford	1911
Historia Regis Henrici Septemi by Bernard Andre	edited by Gairdner, James	Rolls Series	1858
The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London (includes Gregory's Chronicle)	edited by Gairdner, James	Camden Society	1876
Three Fifteenth-Century Chronicles	edited by Gairdner, James	Camden Society	1880
A Chronicle of the First Thirteen Years of the Reign of King Edward IV by John Warkworth	edited by Halliwell, JO	Camden Society Old Series Vol. 10	1839
Recueil des Chroniques et anchiennes histoires de la Grande Bretaigne by Jean de Waurin	edited by Hard, W & Hardy, ELCP	Rolls Series	1891
Itineraries by William Worcestre	edited by Harvey, J		1969
The Anglica Historia of Polydore Vergil 1485-1537	edited by Hay, D	Royal Historical Society. Camden Series Vol. lxxiv	1950
Tudor Royal Proclamations Vol. 1	edited by Hughes, PL & Larkin, JL	New Haven	1964
Chroncles of London	edited by Kingsford, CL		1905
Chronicle of the Rebellion of Lincolnshire 1470	edited by Nichols, JG	Camden Society	1847
The Croyland Chronicle Continuations 1459-1486	edited by Pronay, Nicholals & Cox, John	London	1986
Chronicle by John Stone	edited by Searle, WG	Cambs Antiquarian Society Publications Vol. 34	1902
The History of King Richard III by Sir Thomas More Vol. 2	edited by Sylvestre, RS	Yale	1963
The Great Chronicle of London	edited by Thomas, AH & Thornley, ID	London	1936
Edward IV's Memoir so-called Short Version of the Arrivall	edited by Visser-Fuchs, Livia	Nottingham Medieval Studies Vol. xxxvi	1992
A chronicle at large, mere History of the affayres of England by Richard Grafton 2 Vols	Grafton,	London	1809

Title	Author/Editor	Publisher	Year
Kingsford's Stonor Letters & Papers 1290-1483	edited by Carpenter, Christine	Cambridge	1996
Paston Letters	edited by Gairdner, J	Alan Sutton	1910 (reprinted 1987)
Letters of the Kings of England	edited by Halliwell, JC	London	1846
Cely Letters 1472-88	edited by Hanham, Alison	Early English Text Society	1975
Cely Papers	edited by Maldon, EH	Camden Society, 3rd Series	1900
Plumpton Correspondence	edited by Stapleton, T	Camden Society	1839

Title	Author/Editor	Publisher	Year
Materials relating to the reign of Henry VII 2 Vols.	edited by Campbell, W & ELCP	Rolls Series	1873, 1877
Letters and Papers Illustrative of the Reigns of Richard III and Henry VII 2 vols.	edited by Gairdner, James	Rolls Series	1861, 1863
Richard III: The road to Bosworth field	edited by Hammond, PW & Sutton, Anne	London	1985
English Historical Documents. Vol. 4 1327-1485	edited by Myers, AR		1969
Sources for the reign of Henry VII 3 Vols.	edited by Pollard, AF	London	1913
England Under the Yorkists 1460-1485	edited by Thornley, ID		1921
Edward IV: A sourcebook	Dockray, Keith	Stroud	1999
Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou and the Wars of the Roses: a sourcebook	Dockray, Keith	Stroud	2000

Title	Author/Editor	Year
The Ballad of Bosworth Field
The Song of Ladye Bessiye from Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscripit - Ballads & Romances Vol. 3	edited by Hales, JW & Furnivall, FJ	1868
Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse	edited by Pollard, Alfred W	1903 (reprinted 1964)

Title	Author	Vol	No	Date
A Fine Armour Of The Time Of Bosworth	Frank Yeoman	3	47	Dec 1974
The Battle of Bosworth	Brian A Jesson	3	51	Dec 1975
On the Prolonged Use of Fifteenth-Century Armour	Anthony B L Dove	4	57	Jun 1977
Four Southampton Rebels of 1483	Kenneth Hillier	5	64	Mar 1979
A Rebel of 1483; Sir Thomas de la Mare	Kenneth Hillier	5	67	Dec 1979
The Rebellion of 1483: A Study of Sources and Opinions	Kenneth Hillier	6	78	Sep 1982
The Rebellion of 1483: A Study of Sources and Opinions Part 2	Kenneth Hillier	6	80	Mar 1983
The Yorkshire Rebellions of 1469	K R Dockray	6	83	Dec 1983
The Civil War of 1459 to 1461 in the Welsh Marches: Part 1 The Rout of Ludford Bridge	Geoffrey Hodges	6	84	Mar 1984
The Civil War of 1459 to 1461 in the Welsh Marches: Part 2 The Campaign and Battle of Mortimer's Cross - St Blaise's Day 3 February 1461	Geoffrey Hodges	6	85	Jun 1984
A Place Mete for Twoo Battayles to Encountre': The Siting of the Battle of Bosworth, 1485	Daniel Williams	7	90	Sep 1985
A Ricardian Riddle: The Casualty List of the Battle of Barnet	Livia Visser-Fuchs	8	100	Mar 1988
The Battle of Wakefield: The Topography	Richard Knowles	9	117	Jun 1992
Lambert Simnel and the King from Dublin	Gordon Smith	10	135	Dec 1996
The Execution of the Earl of Desmond	John Ashdown-Hill and Annette Carson	15		2005

Title	Author/Editor	Year
Crown of Roses Covering the period from 1466 to 1486, the story of the heroine's unhappy marriage to a Yorkshire knight in the household at Middleham Castle is ingeniously interwoven with the story of the last years of the Yorkist dynasty.	Anand, Valerie	1989
The Merchant Prince 1460-85: story of how a boy of humble origin becomes a successful merchant. Set against the background of the Wars of the Roses.	Bailey, H C	1926
The Tudor Rose Covering the period from 1483 to 1502, this novel tells the story of Elizabeth of York.	Barnes, Margaret Campbell	1953
A Mystery to this Day Story of Perkin Warbeck 1489-99. It includes a long supplement of extracts from documents and original sources.	Barrington, Michael	1949
The Lodestar Set during the period from 1481 to 1485; ambition is the lodestar that leads the hero to join the household of the Duke of Gloucester, but he discovers that the price of power and worldly success may be too high.	Belle, Pamela	1987
The Chantry Priest of Barnet Dramatised social history. The life of a monk who witnesses the battle of Barnet.	Church, A J	1885
The Fate of Princes Francis Lovell seeks the solution to the mystery of the disappearance of the Princes amidst the treachery and political manoeuvring of the 1480's.	Doherty, Paul C	1990
The Silver Rose A teenage romance from the Forget-me-Not series. 1470-71 Alys and Tom are Yorkist supporters (Tom fights for Edward IV at Barnet and Tewkesbury) but Alys is betrothed by her guardian to an old Lancastrian knight.	Eckersley, Jill	1998
A King of Vagabonds 1495-1509: story of Perkin Warbeck, Katherine Gordon and James Strangeways, whom Katherine later married.	Ellis, Beth	1911
Page or Prentice A children's story set in the period of the Wars of the Roses. It follows the adventures of Ralph and Walter Tankerville in 1471, and aims to teach children the effects of war on an ordinary family.	Erlington, H	1920
The Rose in Spring Part of a series of four novels on the life of Cicely Neville from 1425 to 1495.	Fairburn, Eleanor	1971
White Rose, Dark Summer Part of a series of four novels on the life of Cicely Neville from 1425 to 1495.	Fairburn, Eleanor	1972
The Rose at Harvest End Part of a series of four novels on the life of Cicely Neville from 1425 to 1495.	Fairburn, Eleanor	1974
Winter's Rose Part of a series of four novels on the life of Cicely Neville from 1425 to 1495.	Fairburn, Eleanor	1976
The Killing of Richard III Trilogy about Henry Morane, a 15th century 'James Bond', starting in 1483 when he is a clerk to the King's Secretary and following his career as a secret agent until 1495 when he achieves his revenge on Northumberland and Stanley for their betrayal of Richard III at Bosworth.	Farringdon, Robert	1971
Tudor Agent Trilogy about Henry Morane, a 15th century 'James Bond', starting in 1483 when he is a clerk to the King's Secretary and following his career as a secret agent until 1495 when he achieves his revenge on Northumberland and Stanley for their betrayal of Richard III at Bosworth.	Farringdon, Robert	1974
The Traitors of Bosworth Trilogy about Henry Morane, a 15th century 'James Bond', starting in 1483 when he is a clerk to the King's Secretary and following his career as a secret agent until 1495 when he achieves his revenge on Northumberland and Stanley for their betrayal of Richard III at Bosworth.	Farringdon, Robert	1978
The White Queen The first in a series called "The Cousins War", 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 the Battle of Bosworth. A lot is made of the tradition that Elizabeth is descended from the water goddess Melusina.	Gregory, Philippa	2009
The Red Queen The second book in the series. 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.	Gregory, Philippa	2010
The Lady of the Rivers The third in the series. This novel concentrates on Jacquette Woodville. The novel opens in 1430 and ends with her daughter, Elizabeth, marriage to Edward IV in 1464.	Gregory, Philippa	2011
The Kingmaker's Daughter The fourth in the series. This novel features Anne Neville from 1465 until her death in 1485.	Gregory, Philippa	2012
Samaritana Arranged marriage between country girl and nobleman turns to love when she helps him escape after the battle of Towton.	Hammand, N B	1979
The Load of Unicorn A children's adventure story set in 1482, highlighting the rivalry between the scriveners and the new printers. The young hero is apprenticed to William Caxton and helps to find the manuscript of Malory's Morte D'Arthur.	Harnett, Cynthia	1959
The Stolen Crown A novel about the life of Katherine Woodville from 1464 until 1496.	Higginbotham, Susan	2010
The Kingmaker 1455-71: story of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.	Honeyman, Brenda	1969
Ruling Ambition The story of Perkin Warbeck from his childhood in Flanders until his death at Tyburn.	Hume, Robert	2000
The Winter Killing Summer 1459 to Spring 1461 seen through the eyes of a squire to Edmund, Earl of Rutland.	Irwin, Frances	1977
Summer's End Francis Lovell looks back over his life, while waiting to be rescued from his hiding place under Minster Lovell Hall after the Battle of Stoke.	Irwin, Frances	2006
The King's Grey Mare Covering the period from 1452 to 1492 and focussing on Elizabeth Woodville who, hardened by the death of her first husband, devotes herself to the advancement of her family.	Jarman, Rosemary Hawley	1973
The Courts of Illusion A sequel to We Speak No Treason (see Ricardian fictrion): the son of the Man of Keen Sight joins Perkin Warbeck's ill-fated attempt to gain the crown.	Jarman, Rosemary Hawley	1983
Beloved Lady Using the Paston Letters as source material, this is the story of Margery Paston who falls in love with her father's bailiff.	Jefferis, Barbara	1956
Proud Cis For those who like a little humour with their history: the story of the (fictional) twins born to Lady Eleanor Butler and Edward IV, and their involvement with the fate of the Princes, their half-brothers.	Jones, Cherry Calvert	1980
The Swan and the Rose March to May 1471 seen from the viewpoint of a Lancastrian soldier.	Leary, Francis	1953
The Duke is Served A novel by an early supporter of the Fellowship of the White Boar, set in 1470-71, and depicting life among the servants of the Royal Household, and their part in re-uniting Richard of Gloucester and Anne Neville.	Lindsay, Philip	1936
They have their Dreams The story of Perkin Warbeck and Katherine Gordon. From his unsuccessful invasion in 1497 until his execution in 1499. Reprinted 1967.	Lindsay, Philip	1956
The Coveted Crown 1445-71: Margaret of Anjou's struggle to hold the crown for Lancaster.	Long, Freda	1966
The Last of the Barons 1467-71: Warwick the Kingmaker	Lytton, Edward Bulwer	1843
John of Gloucester The story of John of Gloucester, the illegitimate son of Richard III.	Miall, Wendy	1968
The White Queen A sensitive account of a timid and delicate Anne Neville from childhood to 1485.	Nickell, Lesley J	1978
The Wrong Plantagenet A sequel to The White Boar (see Ricardian novels) in which Philip Lovell's son joins the supporters of Perkin Warback.	Palmer, Marian	1972

Title	Date Reviewed
Review article: Edward IV's French Expedition of 1475 edited by Francis Pierrepont Barnard.	Dec 1975
Review article: The Ordnance Survey Complete Guide to the Battlefields of Britain by David Smurthwaite	Dec 1985
Review article: Lambert Simnel and the Battle of Stoke by Michael Bennett.	Mar 1988
Review article: The Battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury by PW Hammond.	Dec 1990
Review article: The Battle of Towton by AW Boardman, Stroud 1994.	Sep 1995
Review article: The Battle of Wakefield: 30 December 1460 by PA Haigh.	Dec 1997
Review article: Richard III and Buckingham's Rebellion by Louise Gill. Stroud 1999.	Mar 2000
Review article: Blood Red Roses: The Archaeology of a Mass Grave from the Battle of Towton AD1461 edited by Veronica Fiorato, Anthea Boylston and Christopher Knüsel, Oxbow Books, Oxford 2000.	Sep 2002
Review article: William Shakespeare, the Wars of the Roses and the Historians by Keith Dockray.	Dec 2002
Review article: Tewkesbury 1471: The last Yorkist victory by Christopher Gravett.	2005
Review article: Bosworth 1485: Last Charge of the Plantagenets by Christopher Gravett.	2005