The Sunne in Splendour
The sunne in splendour. Copyright 1982 by Sharon Kay Penman vv 'All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10017. Published simultaneously in Canada by Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Limited. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Penman, Sharon Kay. The sunne in splendour. HE 1. Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485 Fiction. I2. Great Britain-History-Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485- Fiction. 3. Great Britain-History-Henry SOUVII, 1485-1509- Fiction. I. Title. COnPS3566.E474S9 813'.54 81-20149 ISBN 00 3-061368-XAACR2 his First Edition her KILLDesigner: Joy Chu danPrinted in the United States of America Kin13579108642 lo TO JULIE McCASKEY WOLFF Acknowledgments I owe a debt of gratitude to so many: First and foremost, to my parents, for their support, their faith and their patience. To Julie McCaskey Wolff, for her encouragement, her enthusiasm, and her belief in the book. To my agent, Molly Friedrich, who was willing to accept an unknown author's twelve-hundred-page manuscript, and able to pilot it into a snug harbor. To Don McKinney for opening the door, and to Carolyn Hammond and Julie Lord for taking so much of the pain out of my research. To two friends who brought medieval York to life before my eyes, Dorothy Mitchell and Chris Arnott. To the Richard III Societies in the United States and England for making their libraries available to me. To the libraries of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas, Los Angeles, New York City, York, England, Salisbury, Nottingham, Ludlow, Oxford, and London.
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