Ms. Penman's novel, rich in detail and research, attempts to set the record straight . . . it is an uncommonly fine novel, one that brings a far-off time to brilliant life. "Chattanooga Daily Times""

When Richard grows up, he steps into the "noble" role to Edward's rogue, becoming a fierce warrior and fair governor of his own lands. He is intensely loyal to Edward, even standing by him when he is deposed for a brief time. After some youthful dalliances, he becomes a loving and faithful husband to Anne, and he very much frowns upon the debauchery of his brother's court. Of course, that was then. Eventually, after many hardships and dangers, Galadriel and the rest of Fingolfin’s forces arrived in Beleriand; by then Feanor had been killed in battle, and his eldest son Maedhros, remorseful for his father’s treachery, made peace with Fingolfin. Oddly enough, Galadriel put her quest for a kingdom on hold even as her extended family was busy establishing themselves as monarchs in this land. Instead she traveled to the Silvan Elven kingdom of Doriath, ruled by her great-uncle Thingol Greymantle and his wife, the angelic Melian the Maia (the same class of angelic beings as Sauron, Gandalf and Saruman). Her 400 years here, learning great lore and wisdom from Melian and sharing with her stories and memories of the bliss of Valinor, has been held up by many as proof of her character mellowing. So too has the most widely accepted account of her first meeting and courtship and marriage to Celeborn, who in this version is a Sindarin prince of Doriath and grandson of Thingol’s brother Elmo. MelittaRilow Fandoms: 15th Century CE RPF, The Sunne in Splendour - Sharon Kay Penman, Henry V - Shakespeare, Henry VI - Shakespeare, Richard III - Shakespeare, The White Queen (TV) Edward reveals that he was already married to Nell Butler before he married Elizabeth, and she is, to put it mildly, horrified.A painstakingly drawn picture of royal medieval England from bedchamber to battleground. "Los Angeles Times Book Review" A painstakingly drawn picture of royal medieval England from bedchamber to battleground." --"Los Angeles Times Book Review" Richard thought Joan was pleased to see Ned, too. Her face was suddenly the colour of rose petals and she was looking at Ned sideways, filtering laughter through her lashes in the way Richard had seen other girls do with Ned. Richard was glad; he wanted Joan to like his brother. What Joan thought mattered a great deal to him. The nurses he’d had in the past, before he’d come this spring to live at Ludlow Castle, had not been at all like Joan; they’d been dour, thin-lipped, without laps or humour. Joan smelled of sunflowers and had burnished bright hair, as soft and red as fox fur. She laughed at his riddles and had enthralling tales to tell of unicorns and knights and crusades into the Holy Land. Despair Event Horizon: The last stretch of a book is a long one for Richard; see below. Having lost nearly everyone he loves and jaded by a string of constant betrayals, he goes to his final battle a broken man determined to either win or die. Silk Hiding Steel: Cecily Neville, Duchess of York. She was not a Lady of War like Margaret of Anjou, but she was also a politically acute woman who knew how to protect her children.

Blunt "No": Richard astonishes Edward by flatly stating that he refuses to participate in the envoy for peace between England and France. Isabel marries George thinking she will become Queen of England. When it appears that Anne will have that honor, she is jealous, even though Anne is horrified and doesn't want to be queen. Anti-Villain: Even though Edmund of Somerset is directly allied to Lancaster, and thus is bought into direct conflict with Richard and Edward, he is depicted as being a moral man who pleads for Anne Neville's safety even when he knows he is facing death. Those who know Richard III from Shakespeare will find that Sharon Kay Penman presents a contrasting view of the English monarch . . . He's an altogether nice man, a romantic hero as suitable to our late twentieth-century standards . . . as he was to those of medieval England . . . There is a vengeful quality to her insistence that is appealing; it makes for a good story." -- The New York Times Book Review A Child Shall Lead Them: The major cause of all the strife. Richard II was deposed after being a Royal Brat, and then after being made a king as a baby, Henry VI turns out to be Royally Screwed Up and a Puppet King. It's no wonder that when faced with another boy king, and one in the control of the corrupt Woodvilles, that Richard's friends and enemies alike encourage him to act on Stillington's information.

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The reader is left with the haunting sensation that perhaps the good a man does can live after him---especially in the hands of a dedicated historian." --"The San Diego Union" a Rose Gules or a Rose Gules en soleil (referring to his marriage with Elizabeth Woodville, of the Lancastrian party) Richard, last-born son of the Duke of York, was seven months short of his nineteenth birthday when he bloodied himself at the battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury, earning his legendary reputation as a battle commander and ending the Lancastrian line of succession. urn:lcp:sunneinsplendour00penm:epub:a5d09d9d-e55a-4b5c-ab11-30bb1cc15230 Extramarc University of Michigan Foldoutcount 0 Identifier sunneinsplendour00penm Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t84j10m9j Isbn 0345363132 Undying Loyalty: Richard towards Edward — for all their disagreements, some enormous and seemingly irreconcilable, Richard never turns on his most beloved brother. Will always has this towards Edward... but not Richard.

The Sunne in Splendour is a historical novel written by Sharon Kay Penman. Penman became interested in the subject of Richard III while a student and wrote a manuscript that was stolen from her car. She rewrote the manuscript, which was published in 1982. Really Gets Around: Jane Shore, whose earnest nature makes her very appealing to many men. Her display even seduces the austere solicitor who'd come to deal with her during her imprisonment, and she marries him.He was no longer drowning in fear; the wave was receding. In its wake, he felt shame burn his face and was grateful that none had been there to witness his flight. He thought himself to be too old to yield so easily to panic for, in just eight days’ time, he would be seven years old. He rolled clear of the bushes and sat up. After a moment’s deliberation, he retreated to the shelter of a lightning-scarred beech. Bracing himself against the trunk, he settled down to wait for Ned to find him.