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To celebrate thirty years since its first publication- Pan Macmillan are proud to publish this special- re-edited edition of the bestselling The Sunne in Splendour- featuring an authors note from Sharon Penman Richard- last-born son of the Duke of York- was seven months short of his nineteenth birthday when he bloodied himself at the battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury- earning his legendary reputation as a battle commander in the Wars of the Roses- and ending the Lancastrian line of succession. But Richard was far more than a warrior schooled in combat. He was also a devoted brother- an ardent suitor- a patron of the arts- an indulgent father- a generous friend. Above all- he was a man of fierce loyalties- great courage and firm principles- who was ill at ease among the intrigues of Edwards court. The very codes Richard lived by ultimately betrayed him. But he was betrayed by history too. Leaving no heir- his reputation was at the mercy of his successor- and Henry Tudor had too much at stake to risk mercy. Thus was born the myth of King Richard III- the man who would stop at nothing to gain the throne. Filled with the sights and sounds of battle- the customs and love of daily life- the rigours and dangers of Court politics and the touching concerns of very real men and women- The Sunne in Splendour is a richly coloured tapestry of medieval England....