
The powerful story of Cecily Neville torn between both sides in the War of the Roses from the best-selling author of The Agincourt Bride In fifteenth century England the Neville family rules the north with an iron fist Ralph Neville Earl of Westmorland a giant of a man & a staunch Lancastrian cunningly consolidates power by negotiating brilliant marriages for his children The last betrothal he arranges before he dies is between his youngest daughter nine-year-old Cicely & his ward Richard the thirteen-year-old Duke of York England's richest heir Told through the eyes of Cicely & her half-brother Cuthbert Red Rose White Rose is the story of one of the most powerful women in England during one of its most turbulent periods Born of Lancaster & married to York the willowy & wayward Cicely treads a hazardous path through love loss & imprisonment & between the violent factions of Lancaster & York as the Wars of the Roses tear England's ruling families apart