Bøker av J P Reedman

In the days coming up to Christmas, Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later to be Richard III) seeks shelter in York from a snowstorm that has blocked the roads into Middleham. As usual, he stays with the Austin Friars at the Lendal, with their massive library of precious books. Normally, he would enjoy his visit with the Friars, but this time, he is worried that he will not make it home in time for the Christmas Feast with his wife Anne, his small son Edward, and his friends, Francis and Nan Lovell. He prays for a miracle--and soon the skies begin to clear and the snow melts. Anticipating an early start the next morning before a new storm sweeps in, the Duke heads to his bed chamber to get some much-needed rest...And then he is rudely woken by loud noise outside his window. Someone definitely does not believe in 'silent night'! What must a Duke do to get a bit of peaceful sleep Based on an actual incident in late medieval York!A short Story 11,000 words long.

I, Richard Plantagenet, The Prequels: The Coming of Age of Richard IIIComplete Edition containing books 1-3, THE ROAD FROM FOTHERINGHAY, A VOUS ME LIE, and CROWN IN EXILE The story of Richard III's childhood and youth, told in first person from his point of view. When Richard's father, the Duke of York, is killed at Wakefield his mother Cecily Neville sends the young boy and his brother George to Burgundy for their safety. Soon, however, their elder brother takes the throne as Edward IV and the children return to a very different England as royal princes. Richard is sent to the household of the Earl of Warwick at Middleham, a happy and peaceful time, but as tensions erupt between Edward and Warwick he is recalled to his brother's court, where the King rules with his new Queen, the beautiful but unpopular Elizabeth Woodville. Warwick rebels and young Richard's loyalties are stretched, but he sides with his brother--unlike George who marries Isabel Neville against the King's will. Richard finds his own loves, however, and at a young age becomes father to two illegitimate children, John and Katherine. He also begins to take on adult responsibilities and gathers a loyal following--although he makes his first enemies too, when he stands up to Lord Thomas Stanley in the matter of Hornby Castle.Then the situation in England grows grave as Warwick's faction rises against Edward, and the King decided to flee overseas to Burgundy. Richard follows him into the eye of the storm on his eighteen birthday... In Burgundy, Richard and Edward must sweeten the hot-headed Duke Charles, who is married to their sister Margaret but has strong Lancastrian leanings. With additional help of Louis de Gruuthuse, a prominent noble who offers the exiles succour, Charles is eventually won round to helping his wife's kinsmen, and a sizeable army is raised. Edward and Richard set sail and land at Ravenspur in the north. From there they must march with their troops across England--to battle, and maybe to death. (3 books in one volume, over 260,000 words)

All Hallows Eve comes to the town of Middleham in a swirl of autumnal leaves and bonfire smoke. Young Edward, the son of Duke Richard of Gloucester, wants to join in with the traditional festivities--the turnip lanterns, the Soul Caking, the storytelling in the churchyard. Richard agrees, despite the reluctance of his wife, Duchess Anne, and the frail little boy and his half-sister, Katherine, go to join the festivities. Old Gatty tells traditional, haunting tales of the Yorkshire dales--the man-eating Water Horse of the Ure, the witch of the hazelnut tree, the evil giant of Penhill with his spiked club.A merry night is had by all, but after the fires go out, young Edward is still restless and slips away into the darkness. And what might a lone young lad meet upon the road? A SHORT STORY OF APPROXIMATELY 12000 WORDS

The spell-bound crown of Cumbria comes to Dunmail after his father Owain is slain at Brunanburh, but he soon learns the Saxon, King Edmund, covets it for himself and has paid a wicked sorcerer who dwells in a cavern in Gilsland Forest, guarded by three white demon-wolves, to manipulate the spells so that Edmund can claim the powerful talisman of kingship.Dunmail must find the sorcerer and destroy him, battling his fearsome wolves...but is the King too late?Battle looms amidst the fells. Briton fights Saxon invader on the blood-stained slopes while the tarn below waits--the only vault that can safely hold the kingly crown of Cumbria away from the usurper's hands. A re-told British legend in the IN A SILVER SEA series. Short story, approximately 10,000 words long

Daughter of a Scottish king and an Anglo-Saxon princess, Edith is sent to her Aunt Cristina, the Abbess of Romsey for her education. Cristina is harsh and unkind and tries to force Edith to wear a nun's veil, first as a disguise and then permanently, but Edith is enraged and tramples it on the ground. She begs her parents to move her from Romsey to the grand Abbey of Wilton and for a while Edith's life is calm and fulfilling--but then the suitors begin to come. Most fearsome of all is the King, William Rufus, with his fierce mismatched eyes, florid face...and evil reputation. More intriguing, though, is his younger brother Henry, and when Rufus dies in the New Forest, struck by an arrow on the hunt, Edith of Scotland's world is about to change.A new life...a new name...a destiny as England's Good Queen, uniting both Saxon and Norman. Number 11 in the MEDIEVAL BABES SERIES about lesser-known medieval Queen and noblewomen.

October 1470. King Edward IV is forced into exile when Warwick the Kingmaker decides to unmake the king he helped put on the throne and reinstall old, sickly Henry VI as a puppet. He flees over the sea to Burgundy; with him, is his loyal younger brother, Richard of Gloucester.However, Richard's ship is blown into Holland by a storm-the eighteen-year-old youth, penniless owing to the haste of his departure from England, must find his way through an unknown country and reunite with his brother, the King.But finding each other is not enough-together the two sons of York must now attempt to raise an army to reclaim England's throne, but such a task is easier said than done. They hope for aid from Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, husband of their sister, Margaret, but Charles is a hot-headed, temperamental man with Lancastrian leanings...Third and final book in the I, Richard Plantagenet: the Prequel series, after Road From Fotheringhay and A Vous Me Lie.The life story of Richard III, told from Richard's own first person viewpoint.

When King Melyan of Cornwall is murdered by his brother Rhivod, only a young boy, Prince Melor, stands between Rhivod and the throne. Rhivod smites off the boy's hand and foot to make him unfit to rule according to ancient Celtic law and claims the crown for himself. The wounded Melor is carried away by a kindly bishop--but he is saved not by the old man's prayers, but by a shining figure who descends from the heart of the Milky Way. A figure out of ancient myth, who has a hand wrought of silver--and who gifts a similar magical hand to the wounded Prince. Healed, Melor goes to live quietly in a monastery. However, as he grows older, tales of the Prince's deeds reach the ears of the paranoid Rhivod, and soon the wicked king wants Melor's head as well as his new silver hand...A mythic reimagining of the Cornish and Breton legend of St Melor. A novelette of approximately 15,000 words. Book 2 in the folklore series IN A SILVER SEA.

Red-haired, wild and full of strong opinions, Dangereuse de l'Isle Bouchard thinks her marriage to Viscount Aimery is the highest honour to which she can aspire.But then she meets his liege lord, William, Duke of Aquitaine. William the Troubadour, a former Crusader, whose court is full of music, merriment and bawdiness. Everything Dangereuse craves.Dangereuse and William embark on a secret affair--and soon he abducts her from her husband's castle and carries her off to Poitiers, where he installs her in the Maubergeon, a tower built especially for her within his palace.With William's angry son and two former wives bent on revenge, life in Poitiers for the two lovers is never dull. Dangereuse decides to act as peacemaker, and arranges a marriage between William's boy, Will, and her own daughter Aenor from her union with Aimery. From this arrangement is born the most famous woman in medieval history-, a bold outspoken woman cast in her grandmother's mold--the indomitable Eleanor of Aquitaine. Book 10 in the Medieval Babes series

Ilmarinen-wanderer, adventurer, journeyman, thief. Swordsman, archer, rescuer of those in need. A pale, grey-eyed youth with an unknown past, who was raised in a humble village but has the bearing of a king and the heart of a lion. Essarnadon-A land of beauty and terror--and the terror is gradually overcoming beauty. Villages are besieged by the Unseelie Court--mound-dwellers, cannibal giants, winter witches, serpent-maids and Bloodcaps who dye their hats in human blood. Ilmarinen son of Ilmatar will battle them all and win with prowess and with wit as he seeks his destiny in a land which he would defend to the death...though he doesn't know why. Five sword and sorcery, heroic fantasy tales in a High Fantasy World.