Queen of Trial and Sorrow — Susan Appleyard

Elizabeth Wydeville is an impoverished widow until she is wooed and won by the handsome young king Edward IV and believes her dreams have come true. But she is soon swept up in the War of the Roses, enduring hardship and danger as her husband struggles to keep his throne. When he dies Elizabeth is unable to protect her family against the ruthless ambitions of the man he trusted above all others. Here are the king's brothers, the unstable Duke of Clarence and the loyal Duke of Gloucester who would become Richard III.