For Jane Lindsay The House of a Thousand Lanterns had always held a strange fascination. Since her days as a schoolgirl in England she had felt drawn to it.
Now, a shattering romance, a passion for Chinese art, and a “marriage of...
On the death of Henry the Fifth, a nine-month-old baby is made King of England. Ambitious men surround the baby king, including his two uncles, the Dukes of Bedford and Gloucester. Shrewd and clever, Bedford seeks to uphold all his late brother...
When Henry VI becomes king, it is soon clear that he would be better suited to a quiet life than to ruling the country. Richard, Duke of York, is convinced that he would make a better king and has more right to the crown, and he will stop at nothing...