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Authors: Philippa Gregory
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Contents
Map of Northwest Europe - 1485
The Houses of York, Lancaster, and Tudor
Chapter 1: Sheriff Hutton Castle, Yorkshire, Autumn 1485
Chapter 2: On the Great North Road, Autumn 1485
Chapter 3: Westminster Palace, London, Autumn 1485
Chapter 4: Westminster Palace, London, 30 October 1485
Chapter 5: Westminster Palace, London, November 1485
Chapter 6: Westminster Palace, London, December 1485
Chapter 7: Westminster Palace, London, The Days of Christmas, 1485
Chapter 8: Coldharbour Palace, London, Christmas Feast, 1485
Chapter 9: Westminster Palace, London, 18 January 1486
Chapter 10: Westminster Palace, London, February 1486
Chapter 11: Westminster Palace, London, March 1486
Chapter 12: Westminster Palace, London, April 1486
Chapter 13: Westminster Palace, London, May 1486
Chapter 14: Palace of Sheen, Richmond, Summer 1486
Chapter 15: St. Swithin’s Priory, Winchester, September 1486
Chapter 16: Prior’s Great Hall, Winchester, 19 September 1486
Chapter 17: Prior’s Great Hall, Winchester, 24 September 1486
Chapter 18: Westminster Palace, London, Christmas 1486
Chapter 19: The Tower of London, Spring 1487
Chapter 20: Palace of Sheen, Richmond, Spring 1487
Chapter 21: St. Mary’s in the Fields, Norwich, Summer 1487
Chapter 22: St. Mary’s in the Fields, Norwich, Summer 1487
Chapter 23: Coventry Castle, Summer 1487
Chapter 24: Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, June 1487
Chapter 25: Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, 17 June 1487
Chapter 26: Lincoln Castle, Lincoln, July 1487
Chapter 27: Westminster Palace, London, August 1487
Chapter 28: Greenwich Palace, London, November 1487
Chapter 29: Palace of Sheen, Richmond, Spring 1488
Chapter 30: Windsor Castle, Summer 1488
Chapter 31: Greenwich Palace, London, Christmas 1488
Chapter 32: Westminster Palace, London, Spring 1489
Chapter 33: Greenwich Palace, London, Autumn 1489
Chapter 34: Westminster Palace, London, November 1489
Chapter 35: Westminster Palace, London, 28 November 1489
Chapter 36: Greenwich Palace, London, June 1491
Chapter 37: Palace of Sheen, Richmond, September 1491
Chapter 38: Westminster Palace, London, Autumn 1491
Chapter 39: Westminster Palace, London, December 1491
Chapter 40: Palace of Sheen, Richmond, February 1492
Chapter 41: Bermondsey Abbey, London, Summer 1492
Chapter 42: Greenwich Palace, London, June 1492
Chapter 43: Greenwich Palace, London, Summer 1492
Chapter 44: Greenwich Palace, London, Summer–Autumn 1492
Chapter 45: Greenwich Palace, London, Winter 1492
Chapter 46: Westminster Palace, London, Spring 1493
Chapter 47: Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, Summer 1493
Chapter 48: Northampton, Autumn 1493
Chapter 49: Westminster Palace, London, Winter 1493
Chapter 50: Greenwich Palace, London, Summer 1494
Chapter 51: Westminster Palace, London, Autumn 1494
Chapter 52: The Tower of London, January 1495
Chapter 53: Westminster Palace, London, February 1495
Chapter 54: Worcester Castle, Summer 1495
Chapter 55: Westminster Palace, London, Autumn 1495
Chapter 56: Westminster Palace, London, November 1495
Chapter 57: Westminster Palace, London, Christmas 1495
Chapter 58: Palace of Sheen, Richmond, Winter 1496
Chapter 59: Palace of Sheen, Richmond, March 1496
Chapter 60: Westminster Palace, London, Autumn 1496
Chapter 61: The Tower of London, Summer 1497
Chapter 62: Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, Summer 1497
Chapter 63: Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, Autumn 1497
Chapter 64: East Anglia, Autumn 1497
Chapter 65: Palace of Sheen, Richmond, Autumn, 1497
Chapter 66: Palace of Sheen, Richmond, Christmas 1497
Chapter 67: On Progress, Summer 1498
Chapter 68: The Tower of London, Summer 1498
Chapter 69: Westminster Palace, London, Summer 1498
Chapter 70: The Tower of London, Summer 1498
Chapter 71: Westminster Palace, London, Autumn 1498
Chapter 72: Greenwich Palace, London, Winter–Spring 1499
Chapter 73: The Isle of Wight, Summer 1499
Chapter 74: Westminster Palace, London, Summer 1499
Chapter 75: Westminster Palace, London, Autumn 1499
Chapter 76: Westminster Palace, London, Saturday, 23 November 1499
Chapter 77: Westminster Palace, London, 28 November 1499