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Sharon Penman's sweeping, unforgettable
novel vividly recreates the dramatic life and times of Richard III,
England's most controversial and colourful monarch.
He was the last-born son of York and would become the last Plantagenet King
of England. Born into an England ripped apart by the bloody and vicious Wars
of the Roses, he was in awe of his eldest brother Edward, who snatched
victory from the battlefield and claimed the crown for York. A man devoted
to those he loved, Richard stayed loyal to his brother, forging a bond of
blood that withstood war, treachery and even the malice of Edward's queen,
Elizabeth. And loyal to Anne Neville, the daughter of the enemy, and the
woman he adored with a passion that would last a lifetime.
It was this loyalty that was his strength, and finally his undoing ...
The Sunne in Splendour sweeps away the myths to tell how one of the great
sovereigns of England was betrayed by his allies, and then by history. But
it is also story of a man and his fight to win the woman he loves ...
Published May
1984
by Penguin
Paperback | £14.99
ISBN-13: 9780140067644
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