Description
<p><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">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.</span><br /><span class="a-text-bold" style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;">B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree!</span></p>
Story Behind The Book
I love VnV Nation‘s music. Most of it is beautiful and inspiring and can change my energy. VnV Nation has done a song called Colours of the Rain.
Upon listening to it years ago I came across an image in my brain of a woman sitting in a meager, grey apartment. She sits on a bed by a window. Rain is falling down the window and she’s crying. But not because she is sad.
Years ago (read before I was 20) I was in a situation where I fantasized about just disappearing from my life. I didn’t have enough money to actually do it. I always wondered what it would be like to disappear.
Colours of the Rain is where these two scenes come together.
