The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445 - 1503 by Joanna Laynesmith, our Research Officer, costs £30.00 (hardback only). It was published by Oxford University Press in February 2004. ISBN 0199247374

The last medieval queens of England were Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne Neville, and Elizabeth of York - four very different women whose lives and queenship were dominated by the Wars of the Roses. The book sets out to answer important questions about the nature and role of queenship in the last years of medieval England. What sort of woman was chosen to be queen? What behaviour was expected of her? What power or authority was granted to her? How did the king use her in the exercise of his kingship? J. L. Laynesmith considers what it meant to be a queen during these turbulent times, and examines the ways in which these women interpreted their roles.

Within The Fetterlock by Brian Wainwright costs $19.95 (American dollars), and was published in March 2004 by Trivium Publishing. ISBN 0972209115

The cognizance of the House of York was a Falcon, enclosed within a Fetterlock. . .

The year is 1396. King Richard II is childless - the succession to the English throne is in doubt. When the rebellious Henry of Lancaster returns from exile in France in a bid to claim the throne, Constance of York is threatened on all sides. Closely related to both the King and Henry of Lancaster, she is drawn into intrigues as her husband and her brother jostle with their Lancastrian and Mortimer cousins in the race for supremacy.

Order online from Trivium, www.triviumpublishing.com, and get 30% off if you enter the phrase ‘goodbooks’ into the discount field on the order page. Or buy from Pam Benstead for £10.00.

The Adventures of Alianore Audley by Brian Wainwright costs $19.50 (Australian dollars), and was published in 2002 by Jacobyte Books. ISBN 1741010055

Alianore Audley is a good, submissive, demure woman of the fifteenth century . . . and if you believe that, you’ll believe anything. But she is a spy in Edward IV’s intelligence service, and the author of a chronicle that casts - well, a new light, let’s say, on the times of the Yorkist kings. History will never be the same after Alianore. Nor will most other novels. Completely different to Within The Fetterlock!

Order online from Jacobyte Books, www.jacobytebooks.com. Or buy from Pam Benstead for £7.50.

Michael K. Jones’ book Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a Battle is now out in paperback for £12.99.

I also have copies of all Geoffrey Richardson’s books:

The Hollow Crowns £6.99

The Deceivers £6.99

The Lordly Ones £6.99

The Popinjays £6.99

A Pride of Bastards £7.99