Following the success of his many historical series, including the Bailiff Mountsorrel Tudor Mysteries and Esther and Jack Enright Mystery Series, we are delighted to announce that we have signed a new Wars of the Roses series by David Field.
In David’s words:
“For much of the late Medieval period, England was a permanent battlefield, as the rival descendants of the fertile Edward III claimed the right to the crown. Brother fought with brother, cousin sought to depose cousin, heirs to the throne were murdered, and the leading barons of the realm threw in their lot with one side or the other — frequently changing sides in the process.
“It’s a complex network of fast-moving events even for a historian, but for a novelist it’s a daunting challenge. However, it’s one I couldn’t resist, having already taken the story of England’s history forward from the Norman Conquest to the death of Simon de Montfort in my Conquest series for Sapere Books. I’d also picked up the story again in the Tudor series, beginning with the Battle of Bosworth and the accession of Henry VII. This new Wars of the Roses series will fill the gap between these two series.
“Join me as Edward I seeks to put down challenges from the Welsh and the Scots, Edward II squanders his birthright on favourites, and Edward III enjoys a lengthy reign that produces five sons and lights the fuse on the domestic strife to follow with his ill-advised ‘letters patent’ as to who was to succeed him, and in what order. When Richard II was deposed by Henry Bolingbroke in order to become Henry IV, his son, Henry V, brought the nation military triumph across the Channel, only to die tragically young, leaving an inadequate successor to rule as Henry VI. The spurned House of York saw its opportunity, and the ‘Kingmaker’ Earl of Warwick raised Edward IV to the ultimate position of power. But his wily and jealous younger brother Richard of Gloucester wove a treacherous web that left him as the spider in the centre, until the nation threw off his yoke and welcomed back Henry Tudor, the last Lancaster, as Henry VII.
“Behind the scenes, the ultimate fictitious descendants of the man who first rallied the Saxons against the invading Duke William of Normandy seek to survive with honour amid all the mayhem.
“The new series begins in early 2026, and I look forward to sharing it with you.”
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