Research

Any historical novel requires research because the writer does not invent the world but uses the one that existed. In order to paint as accurate a picture as possible, I began acquiring books that detail England in the 15th century and the Wars of the Roses in particular. The world of 1461 saw an incredible amount of research by many authors such as M. Lewis, A. Weir, M. Hicks, and C. Ross among many others.

My reading list so far consists of:

• Fatal Colours: Towton, 1461- England's Most Brutal Battle - George Goodwin
• From Wakefield to Towton, the Wars of the Roses - Philip Haigh
• Battlefield Yorkshire, From the Romans to the English Civil Wars – David Cooke
• Battles and Battlefields in England – Charles Raymond
• Visits to Fields of Battle, in England, of the Fifteenth Century – Richard Brooke
• The Wars of the Roses - Alison Weir
• The Wars of the Roses - Martin J. Dougherty
• The Wars of the Roses: A Concise History - Charles Ross
• English Weapons & Warfare 449- 1660  - A.V.B. Norman and Don Pottinger  
• A Brief History of Medieval Warfare - Peter Reid 
• Secrets of the English War Bow - Hugh D.H. Soar
• The Pastons: A family in the Was of the Roses - Richard Barber
• Blood and Roses - Helen Gastor
• The Women of the Cousins' War - Phillipa Gregory
• Richard of York - Mathew Lewis
• Edward IV - Michael Hicks
• The Life and Reign of Edward the Fourth - Cora L. Scofield
• The Family of Richard III - Michael Hicks
• The Nevills of Middleham - K.L. Clark
• The House of Beaufort - Nathen Amin