I think bibliographies are out of place in a novel, because where the facts come from is not the point of fiction. But the late fifteenth century is a very fascinating period in history, both socially and politically. These are some of the books which caught my interest while I was working on A Secret Alchemy and I thought might interest others.
The Yorkist Age, by Paul Murray Kendall, Penguin
The Paston Letters, edited by Norman Davis, Oxford Classics
Consuming Passions, by Phillipa Pullar, Penguin
A Taste of History, by Maggie Black, British Museum Press
A History of the Wife, by Marilyn Yalom, Pandora
Pilgrimage in Medieval England, by Diana Webb, Hambledon & London
The Wars of the Roses: the soldier’s experience, by Anthony Goodman, Tempus
The Last Medieval Queens, by J. L. Laynesmith, Oxford University Press
Arthurian Myths and Alchemy, by Jonathan Hughes, Sutton
Elizabeth Woodville, by Arlene Okerlund, Tempus
Edward IV, by Charles Ross, Yale University Press
Elizabeth Woodville, by David Baldwin, Sutton
Towton 1460, by Christopher Gravett, Osprey
Tewkesbury 1471, by Christopher Gravett, Osprey
Who’s Who in Late Medieval England, by Michael Hicks, Shepheard Walwyn
Britain’s Royal Families: the complete genealogies, by Alison Weir, Pimlico
