Not my favorite Philippa Gregory novel, but still a well written novel from an author who can clearly navigate 15th century English politics, culture, style and rhetoric. It's also nice to read from the perspective of the losing side of the War of the Roses. The Tudor House is arguably the most popular royal family in historical fiction. And I freely admit that the name Richard III immediately brings to mind the "Princes in the Tower" and how he murdered his brother's sons and buried them somewhere in the Tower of London. It was a nice change of pace to see the Nevilles and Plantagenets' depiction of the events that took place during this tumultuous period - even if it is fiction.