A short anthology of stories and poems about Richard III and the people in his brief and tumultuous life. A positive fictional look at the life of England's most misunderstood monarch. Here are stories ranging from historical fantasy, where the 7 year old Richard meets a ghost the day before the sack of Ludlow; to an account of his part in the marriage celebrations of his nephew the young Duke of York to Anne Mowbray...where he may have first met the Duke of Buckingham; to a first-person story from the point of view of Anne, Richard's wife, when the royal couple visited Scarborough just a few months after their son's death; and finally a humorous piece about Harry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, whose ghost is said to haunt the Debenhams shop in Salisbury.

Loyaulte: Stories of King Richard III. (Tales of the White Boar II) Anthology of fiction about the Last Plantagenet King, set in his earlier days before he took the throne. The Seventh Son—Richard's birth at Fotheringay Castle; the travail of his mother Cecily Neville, who, as we are told by chroniclers could not birth him 'uncut'. Her seventh son and her last child that lived to be an adult. Exile—Edward IV goes into exile in Burgundy with his loyal brother Richard, who has just turned eighteen.The loneliness of being away in a time of uncertainty; a situation that contrasts the personalities of the two York brothers. The Healing Waters of Malvern—Richard Duke of Gloucester and his wife Anne visit their lands at Malvern Chase.Anne expresses a desire to visit the priory of St Giles but does not tell her husband why. What secret can she be hiding? What memories of the past?

Sons of York, Tales of the White Boar 3. A collection of short fiction about the future Richard III as a child and as the young Duke of Gloucester. In this anthology his brothers, including the tragic Edmund of Rutland, all feature as prominent characters. COUSINS. Cecily Neville and her children are sent in disgrace to Cecily's sister, Anne, the Duchess of Buckingham, after the sack of Ludlow. There Richard meets a younger cousin who will one day greatly impact the course of his life. CRUEL MIDWINTER. The last days of Edward of Rutland, the 'forgotten' son of York who was killed in the battle of Wakefield at the young age of seventeen. War and deception, murder by Butcher Clifford in a brutal act of revenge on the House of York. THE ROAD TO OLNEY. Edward IV takes his 16 year old brother, Richard of Gloucester on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. Meanwhile trouble is brewing in the north, with the rebellion of Robin of Redesdale...who is being funded by the Earl of Warwick.