A King Under Siege: Book One of The Plantagenet Legacy
Description
<p>Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only fourteen when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next ten years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors, and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the Merciless Parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the King alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his.</p>
Story Behind The Book
I wanted to do a story about a faerie, and an old boxing movie from the 1950s popped into my head; could I combine the two? The result is "Ten Cent Wings."
I then went on to imagine a beginning for the angel/faerie in "Ten Cent Wings." Call this short the origin episode. So I imagined the faerie lived in a hidden world, away from humans, but because of some awful things done to her, she left that hidden world. I then imagined men in the late 1940s, coming home from World War II, and having problems finding jobs. This would be the faerie's prey - she needed money for her cigarette habit.
