Title: Sunne in Splendour
First published: 1982
Description: Author Sharon Kay Penman believes that the history written by the winners has been unfair King Richard III. Her novel portrays the Richard in a sympathetic light, casting aside the dark, sinister portrait painted by Shakespeare. Her afterword sheds some light into her reasoning, and summarizes her research. The novel begins with Richard's boyhood and holds accounts of the Wars of the Roses, his brother's reign, and his own death.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Kings and rulers, Fiction, war & military, Fiction, biographical, Fiction, historical, Great britain, history, wars of the roses, 1455-1485, fiction, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, historical, general
Places: Great Britain
People: Richard III King of England (1452-1485)
Time periods: Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485, Henry VII, 1485-1509
LC classification: PS3566.E474 S9 1982