THE MELANCHOLY OF WINTER: THE BRIEF LIFE OF EDMUND OF RUTLAND (The Falcon and the Sun: The House of York, Band 3) - Softcover

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Edmund is the second son of Richard, Duke of York. Whisked away to Ireland as a child in troubled times, his best friend is his brother Edward, a year older, with whom his shares a special bond. Later, the family returns to England and the boys begin knightly training at Ludlow Castle, where they encounter bullying and intrigue as they grow from children to young men of royal blood and high destiny. Their father strives for peace but his motives are always questioned, and his enemy, Edmund Beaufort, fills the sickly King Henry VI's ears with slander and lies.
Peace will not last.
St Alban's is coming, a brutal battle that will determine Edmund 's fate four years later on the bridge of Wakefield, where Butcher Clifford waits.

The tragic tale of Edmund of Rutland, brother of King Edward IV and King Richard III.

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