'The Shadow Prince' is an imaginative, if unlikely, fictional biography of Richard Duke of York. He is known as the youngest of the Princes in the Tower, son of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. Little is known of Richard, and historians debate to this day when and where he actually died. This left...
"Legitimate but dead; that's Tudor's route."The Shadow Prince is a what-if novel based upon the mystery of what happened to the sons of Edward IV, and whether Perkin Warbeck was one of the lost princes. Those familiar with this history know the drill and don't need it rehashed. For those new to the ...
I really lovely book. I got bogged down a little during the part of the story where Richard is trying to get his throne back, but that may have been at least in part due to real life factors rather than the book. The author writes with a warm and immediate voice, and I enjoyed the way he used the la...
Really very enjoyable. I found I liked the European half of the story better than the English, possibly because of the novelty value. Utterly shocked by the last chapter, and glad I'm not the sort of person who reads the last page ahead of time. Loved the interspersed reflections on the crafts of pa...
"Face value is no value at all, and truth is not to be found therein."Sponsored by the Duke of Burgundy, Hans Memling becomes a citizen of Bruges and master painter - and his favorite model is the Duke's beloved daughter Marie (perhaps a bit too favorite, but I won't spoil it for you). One night, Ha...
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