In this superb novel as spell-binding as any tale of high adventure but firmly based upon contemporary records Richard III lives again through the eyes of his intimates & the woman whose ill-starred love brought him brief joy & her a bitter consummation. Against the background of lusty fifteenth-century England with its superstition & witchcraft its courtly manners & cruel punishments Rosemary Hawley Jarman presents a fascinating & faithful portrait of one of the most enigmatic figure in our history as he appeared to his contemporaries.