Contents Cover About the Author Also by Alison Weir Illustrations Dedication Title Page Epigraph Introduction 1 The Riches of England Part I: The Origins of the Conflict 2 A Race of Magnates 3 The Usurping Dynasty 4 The Flower of Christian Chivalry 5 The Child King 6 A Simple and Upright Man 7 ‘A Queen Not Worth Ten Marks’ 8 The Daisy Flower 9 Murder at Sea 10 John Amend-All 11 ‘A Great Division between York and Lancaster’ 12 ‘A Sudden and Thoughtless Fright’ Part II: The Wars of the Roses 13 The Wars of the Roses 14 An Uneasy Peace 15 ‘A Great and Strong Labour’d Woman’ 16 The Paper Crown 17 The Sun in Splendour 18 The Bloody Meadow 19 ‘A Person Well Worthy To Be King’ 20 Fugitives 21 ‘Now Take Heed What Love May Do’ 22 Secret Negotiations 23 The Queen and M. De Warwick 24 The Readeption of Henry VI 25 ‘The Perfect Victory’ 26 To Tewkesbury and the Tower Simplified Genealogical Tables Picture Section Footnotes Acknowledgements Bibliography Copyright About the Author Alison Weir was born in London and now resides in Surrey. Before becoming a published author in 1989, she was a civil servant, then a housewife and mother. From 1991 to 1997, whilst researching and writing books, she ran a school for children with learning difficulties before taking up writing full-time. Her non- fiction books include The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Lancaster and York, Children of England, Elizabeth the Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Mary Queen of Scots, Henry VIII: King and Court, Isabella and, most recently, The Lady in the Tower. She is also the author of three best-selling novels, Innocent Traitor, The Lady Elizabeth and The Captive Queen. Also by Alison Weir Non-fiction Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy The Six Wives of Henry VIII The Princes in the Tower Lancaster and York: The Wars of the Roses Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII 1547 – 1558 Elizabeth the Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine Henry VIII: King and Court Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley Isabella: She Wolf of France, Queen of England Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn Fiction Innocent Traitor