Kingbreaker: A Star & Streams

"Treason! Treason!"

1470. The Lancastrian king, Henry VI, has been restored to his throne. John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, is now Lord High Constable of England. He and his allies, Warwick the Kingmaker and the Duke of Clarence, now rule England. The mad king, meanwhile, is ruled by his formidable queen, Margaret of Anjou.

The Yorkist cause is far from lost. Edward IV has escaped abroad, where he plans to return and reclaim his throne. Soon he sails for England to rally his supporters. The fragile peace of England is shattered, and the weary kingdom once again plunged into civil war.

Defeated at Barnet, Oxford is forced to flee to Scotland and then to France, where he begs the French king for aid. He collects a fleet and turns to piracy, attacking Yorkist ships in the Channel, before descending on Cornwall. There, he raises the banner of Lancaster once more...

KINGBREAKER (II): A STAR AND STREAMS is by David Pilling, author of The Bloody Hand series, The Champion,, Leader of Battles, Reiver, Caesars Sword, Edward I and Wales, and many other fiction and nonfiction works.