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The Wars of the Roses Fiction Novels set during the Wars of the Roses – a personal selection by Carolyn Hammond, former Barton Librarian ANAND, Valerie 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. BARNES, Margaret Campbell Covering the period from 1483 to 1502, this novel tells the story of Elizabeth of York BELLE, Pamela 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. DOHERTY, Paul C. Francis Lovell seeks the solution to the mystery of the disappearance of the Princes amidst the treachery and political manoeuvring of the 1480's. FAIRBURN, Eleanor Series of four novels on the life of Cicely Neville from 1425 to 1495. FARRINGDON, Robert 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. HARNETT, Cynthia 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. JARMAN, Rosemary Hawley 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 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. JEFFERIS, Barbara Using the Paston Letters as source material, this is the story of Margery Paston who falls in love with her father’s bailiff. JONES, Cherry Calvert 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. LINDSAY, Philip 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. MIALL, Wendy The story of John of Gloucester, the illegitimate son of Richard III. NICKELL, Lesley J. A sensitive account of a timid and delicate Anne Neville from childhood to 1485. PALMER, Marian A sequel to The White Boar (see Ricardian novels) in which Philip Lovell’s son joins the supporters of Perkin Warback. PETERS, Elizabeth A modern mystery novel: macabre recreations of Richard’s supposed crimes occur during a house party for supporters of Richard III. POTTER, Jeremy A detective novel with a difference in which a 16th-century monk investigates the fate of the Princes in the Tower. SEDLEY, Kate The first of a series of medieval detective stories featuring Roger the Chapman; Roger investigates the disappearance of a wealthy merchant’s son in 1471, this leads him to a London tavern with a sinister connection with the Duke of Clarence. WAINWRIGHT, Brian Another novel for those who like some humour with their history. Alianore (a 15th-century female Philip Marlowe) recounts her adventures as a member of the Yorkist intelligence working for Edward IV and then for Richard III. WESTCOTT, Jan The life of a spirited Anne Neville from 1470, her happy but tragically short first marriage and her eventual re-discovery of happiness with Richard of Gloucester. WILLARD, Barbara A children’s story of Richard III’s illegitimate son Richard Plantagenet and his son, WILSON, Sandra Series of three novels on the life of Cicely Plantagenet, sister of Elizabeth of York. Novels set during the Wars of the Roses – a personal selection by Anne Painter, the Fiction Librarian BAILEY H.C. 1460-85: story of how a boy of humble origin becomes a successful merchant. Set against the background of the Wars of the Roses. BARRINGER Leslie 1460-61: realistic picture of 18 months in the life of a boy leaving his family’s farm to be apprenticed in York and getting caught up in the batle of Towton. BARRINGTON Michael Story of Perkin Warbeck 1489-99. It includes a long supplement of extracts from documents and original sources. CHURCH A.J. Dramatised social history. The life of a monk who witnesses the battle of Barnet. ECKERSLEY Jill 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. ELLIS Beth 1495-1509: story of Perkin Warbeck, Katherine Gordon and James Strangeways, whom Katherine later married. ELRINGTON H. 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. HAMMAND N.B. Arranged marriage between country girl and nobleman turns to love when she helps him escape after the battle of Towton. HONEYMAN Brenda 1455-71: story of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. HUME Robert The story of Perkin Warbeck from his childhood in Flanders until his death at Tyburn. IRWIN Frances Summer 1459 to Spring 1461 seen through the eyes of a squire to Edmund, Earl of Rutland. LEARY Francis March to May 1471 seen from the viewpoint of a Lancastrian soldier. LINDSAY Philip The story of Perkin Warbeck and Katherine Gordon. From his unsuccessful invasion in 1497 until his execution in 1499. LONG Freda M. 1445-71: Margaret of Anjou’s struggle to hold the crown for Lancaster. LYTTON Edward Bulwer 1467-71: Warwick the Kingmaker RUSH Philip Children’s story of Lambert Simnel’s rebellion, seen through the eyes of his sister who tries to save him from his folly. STOKER M. Brooke Story of Perkin Warbeck from 1492 to 1499 SUDWORTH Gwynedd 1438-61: the Earl of Warwick’s youth and rise to power SUDWORTH Gwynedd 1461-71: the Earl of Warwick as ‘Kingmaker’ and his downfall. WAINWRIGHT Brian 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. WENSBY-SCOTT Carol Lion of Alnwick (1980) 1357-1409: the life of Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland. Lion Dormant (1983) 1414-64: the rivalry between the Percy and Neville families: joined by the marriage of the 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Alianore Neville, sister of Cecily Neville. Lion Invincible (1984) 1469-89: follows the fortunes of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland and his relations with Richard of Gloucester.
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