Elizabeth Ashworth: 2 books

With the scant remains of Richard III lifted recently from such humble soil, Elizabeth Ashworth presents us here with the results of her own excavation. Perhaps no other ruler has engendered such a spirit of ambivalence in the British public - murderer or maverick, disfigured disgrace to the throne...

Using characters known to recorded history, including one to become the real Sheriff of Nottingham, Elizabeth Ashworth weaves a tale of loves lost and found during the exile of Richard the Lionheart. Young Richard Fitz-Eustace's return from Palestine is far from joyous. Damned by leprosy he must bid...