“God protect you, Ned,” I whispered quietly, informally to my brother, the King of England, and I kissed his hand with an almost frightened fierceness.
Then I donned my cloak and bonnet, and made hasty exit, and soon the grey, grim walls of London were behind me, and the cold, wintry but open fields of England lay ahead, and I breathed the February air in great gasps, chilling to the lungs yet so clean after London’s stench.
Weather permitting, I would reach York in the next week or so, and then I would strike out for Middleham, where I desired to be…at least until duty called me.
END OF PART ONE: I, RICHARD PLANTAGENET—TANT LE DESIREE
PART TWO: I, RICHARD PLANTAGENET—LOYAULTIE ME LIE will be out in MARCH 2016 in print and kindle.
Other books by J.P. REEDMAN
RICHARD III:
SACRED KING. Historical fantasy novella set at the time of Bosworth…and beyond. The afterlife of the King in the twilight realm of faerie…which Richard sees as Purgatory. A tale of hope and redemption, and of the finding of the long-dead King in a Leicester car park. A chance find…or not? The Return of the King.
WHITE ROSES, GOLDEN SUNNES. Compilation of short stories (156) pages of stories about Richard III and his family, frequently dealing with Richard’s childhood and youth. Includes the tragic tale of his brother Edmund of Rutland.
KING ARTHUR/PREHISTORIC
STONE LORD: Britain, 1900 BC, the Great Trilithon at Stonehenge has been unruled for many years. Attackers seeking Britain’s tin assail the shores. The shaman known as the Merlin seeks a youth who can draw the Sword from Beneath the stone and unite the warring clans. A retelling of the Arthurian legends with a prehistoric twist. Archaeology and legend combine.
MOON LORD. Standalone sequel to STONE LORD. Ardhu the Great Chief’s illegitimate son Mordraed comes to Kham-El-Ard to claim his birthright. A twisted youth with a face as fair as a god’s but bearing a tormented heart, he wreaks terrible vengeance on his hated father by slaying, secretly, his half-brother, the otherworldy young warrior Gal’havad. Power growing, he then seeks to destroy Khor Ghor, the Giant’s Dance on the Great Plain.
FANTASY:
BETWEEN THE HORNS: TALES FROM THE MIDDLE LANDS
Collection of humorous fantasy stories for all ages, set in a mythical central European country where each of the towns tries to out perform the others in its celebration of the seasons. A land between the Horn mountains where giant hares lay eggs, trollocs dwell and the Krampus whips unruly children, where witches control the weather and look for fat boys to eat, and the Erl King rides in bleak midwinter. In the vein of Tim Burton.
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