The traitor's son book 2

Exquisitely written An evocative and thoughtful retelling of the early life of Richard III Philippa Langley MBE Caught between a king and a kingmaker young Richard Plantagenet knows he ll have to choose 1461 Richard Duke of York King by Right has been branded a traitor and slain by his Lancastrian foes For his eight year old son Richard Plantagenet England has become a dangerous place As the boy grapples with grief and uncertainty his elder brother Edward defeats the enemy and claims the throne Dazzled by his glorious sibling young Richard soon discovers that imperfections lurk beneath his brother s majestic fa ade Enter Richard Neville Earl of Warwick cousin tutor luminary whose life has given him everything but that which he truly a son A filial bond forms between man and boy as they fill the void in each other s lives Yet when treachery tears their world asunder Richard faces an agonizing pledge allegiance to Edward his blood brother and king or to Warwick the father figure who has shaped his life and affections Painfully trapped between duty and devotion Richard faces a grim whatever he decides will mean a fight to the death In The Traitor s Son Wendy Johnson masterfully weaves a tapestry of loyalty love and sacrifice against the backdrop of England s turbulent history Through the eyes of a young Richard III readers are transported into a world where every choice is fraught with peril and the bonds of kinship are tested to their limits As Richard Plantagenet navigates the explosive tensions within his own family readers are swept along on a journey of intrigue and passion that will leave them spellbound until the final page Book club questions The Traitor s SonPlease keep writing So satisfying I want This is the Richard I imagine the George Edward Warwick as well The Traitor s Son Actual vote 3. The traitor's son book series 5 starsThis is supposed to be the first book of a trilogy covering the life of Richard Duke of Gloucester It opens when Richard is a child and has just learned about his father s death but won t believe it for a long time and ends with the battle of Barnet The book very well written and well researched focuses primarly on Richard s relationship with his brother George I don t like no nuanced portraials of George but maybe here he s a touch too candid Anyway their depiction is well constructed but somehow it cut out other charachters Richard s mother and sisters are scarcely present ans his future wife Anne Neville is basically absent I understand the writer didn t want to write a romance yet I hardly believe these two never exchanged a word in years living under the same roof at least as cousins We are told that Richard has an adoration for his mentor Warwick and he in return but I never really felt that Besides the book is really detailed and it dragged a bit for me especially in the middle section And if I missed the family ties of The Sunne in Splendour I equally missed the humor of J. The traitors son pedro urvi P Reedman s books The Traitor s Son I really enjoyed Wendy Johnson s debut novel a must for all Ricardians and historical fiction lovers KindleUnlimited The Traitor s Son What a super novel It tells the story of the childhood and early youth of King Richard III the real man not Shakespeare s precocious villain from his refusal to believe the news of the death in battle of his father the Duke of York the traitor of the title according to the victorious Lancastrian faction at least through the trials and tumult of growing up as the brother of the new king Edward IV. The traitors sonic Young Richard s relationship with King Edward with his closest brother George of Clarence he of the supposed death by drowning in Malmsey wine and with his powerful cousin and mentor the Earl of Warwick the Kingmaker and his growing teenage realization of his spinal condition that we now know to have been scoliosis are woven together with a deft touch to create a realistic portrait of this young man whose later actions still provoke debate even today than 500 years after his death Was this a man who would have ruthlessly murdered his young nephews to seize the throne as history and Shakespeare have long told us Or would he likely as increasing amounts of evidence such as Philippa Langley s Missing Princes Project appear to indicate have hidden them safely abroad to wait out threatening events at home as his mother and brother did with him and George when they were children This excellent debut novel by Wendy Johnson will I imagine lead most readers towards the latter view. The traitors son audiobook free A member of the Looking for Richard Project team who spearheaded the famous 2012 rediscovery of King Richard s grave under a Leicester car park Wendy brings a wealth of knowledge and research to her writing But as with all good historical novelists she allows it to inform her narrative of the thoughts relationships and actions of her protagonists and never overshadow them. The traitor's son path of the ranger book 1 Ricardians will love this book of course But all readers who enjoy historical fiction will find an enjoyable intriguing story in beautiful prose with fresh believable characters and one that might just nudge them to become Ricardians too The Traitor s Son