Baldwin, David, 1947-

In 1533 Katherine Willoughby married Charles Brandon, Henry VIII's closest friend. Duchess of Suffolk at the age of fourteen, she became a powerful woman ruling over her houses at Grimsthorpe and Tattershall in Lincolnshire and wielding subtle influence through her proximity to the king. She grew...

King Richard III's character has been besmirched as often as it has been defended, and the arguments between his detractors and supporters still rage after several centuries. This biography answers the fundamental question - what was Richard III really like?

Elizabeth Woodville, 'The White Queen' (2009), Margaret Beaufort, 'The Red Queen' (2010), and Jacquetta, Lady Rivers, 'The Rivers Woman' (2011) are the subjects of the first three novels in Philippa Gregory's 'Cousins' War' series, and of the three biographical essays in this book.