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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