Ebook {Epub PDF} The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman

For many years while she was a student and then a tax lawyer, Sharon Kay Penman () worked on a novel about the life of Richard III and The War of the Roses. After the original manuscript was stolen from her car, Penman rewrote the entire novel that would become The Sunne in bltadwin.ru by: 3. The Sunne in Splendor: A Novel of Richard III. A glorious novel of the controversial Richard III—a monarch betrayed in life by his allies and betrayed in death by history. In this beautifully rendered modern classic, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard III—vilified as the bitter, twisted, scheming hunchback who murdered his nephews, the princes in the Tower—from his maligned place in history with a Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins. The Sunne in Splendour. I was a college student when I happened upon the story of Richard III, and the more I learned, the more convinced I became that he’d been the victim of a great injustice, transformed by the Tudors into a soulless monster in order to justify Henry Tudor’s dubious claim to the throne. Angered by this blatant distortion of history, I began telling my friends how unfairly Richard Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.

The Sunne in Splendour is Sharon Kay Penman's first novel, and what a beginning it was. It is, for anyone interested in "real" history and a ripping good tale, a first rate novel. The story of Richard III and the fates that forged him. The story is one of unflagging loyalty to a brother and king who sometimes did not deserve it. Sharon Kay Penman is the author of seven other historical novels and four medieval mysteries set during the reign of Eleanor of Aquitaine. She lives in Mays Landing, New Jersey, and her most recent book is Lionheart, beginning the story of Richard I and the bltadwin.ru next books will be a 30th anniversary edition of The Sunne in Splendour, in September , and A King's Ransom, completing. The Sunne in Splendour - Sharon Kay Penman () The White Queen (TV) () 15th Century CE RPF (89) Historical RPF (58) The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses () (34) The Cousins' War Series - Philippa Gregory (21) Original Work (17) Richard III - Shakespeare (14).

The Sunne in Splendour is a historical novel written by Sharon Kay Penman. Penman became interested in the subject of Richard III while a student and wrote a manuscript that was stolen from her car. She rewrote the manuscript, which was published in Background. SUNNE IN SPLENDOUR--Warning: This is not Shakespeare's Richard III. In this novel, Richard is a victim of circumstance and man vilified by the Tudors, but here presented as a decent and normal man, a man of conscience. AND he is not a murderer. Yes, those princes did die, but not by Richard's hand. Book Review: The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman. The old adage “history is always written by the victors” holds true – and when it comes to recounting the infamous War of the Roses – the ongoing fight between the houses of York and Lancaster and their bloody battle for the English throne in the fifteenth century – we have the saying enacted.