Red Rose, White Rose by Joanna Hickson

Book Preface

The highly effective story of Cecily Neville, torn between each side within the War of the Roses. Perfect for followers of Philippa Gregory.

Richard, the 13-yr-previous Duke of York, England’s richest inheritor. Told by way of the eyes of Cicely and her half-brother Cuthbert, Red Rose, White Rose is the story of probably the most highly effective ladies in England throughout one among its most turbulent durations. Born of Lancaster and married to York, the willowy and wayward Cicely treads a hazardous path by means of love, loss and imprisonment and between the violent factions of Lancaster and York, because the Wars of the Roses tear England’s ruling households aside. So almost queen herself, Cicely Neville was the mom, grandmother and nice-grandmother of kings – and her descendants nonetheless put on the crown.