Sun in Splendour by Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, 0399128794, Lowest Book Price Finder

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a MUST READ even for non-romance readers

I only picked this book up because a friend raved so much about it. I don't normally like romance stories and expected to quit before the end of the second chapter. In reality, once I started I couldn't put it down, the book was simply the most enthralling, engaging, and obsessive read I have ever had! The number of sub plots and interwoven story lines means there is never a convenient place to put the book down. I couldn't concentrate on anything else until I had finished it and ended up taking time off work to finish it.

Superb end to her Plantaganet Saga

The Plantaganets were in my opinion a very colourful part of the british history.

The Sun in Splendour is a story about Edward the Fourth. It tells of the fantastic romance that shakes the country, when the king falls in love with a widow that refuses to become his mistress.

In spite of Warwicks plans to marry the king to a french princess the king falls in love with Elizabeth Woodville. They become the parents of Edward the fifth and Richard Duke of York, who are more famous as 'the princes in the tower'.

Edward the Fourth also became famous for his many mistresses and specifically for the a woman known as the goldsmith's wife. Jean Plaidy has written another novel specifically about this woman, which is a heartwarming story written from her point of view.

I loved all the Plantaganet books, but this one I would read again, more than once.

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