The Maiden and the Unicorn

The Maiden and the Unicorn

by

Isolde Martyn

ISBN 978-0-9873846-4-5
 

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ISBN 978-0-9873846-4-5
 

1. Historical fiction. 2. Warwick, Richard Neville, Earl of, 1428-1471. 2. Huddleston, Margaret, illegitimate daughter of the Earl of Warwick. 3. Great Britain—History—Wars of the Roses, 1455-1483 4. Women spies
 

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Characters 1470 - 71

All the persons in this story are real historical people except for those marked *

Margery

an orphan of unknown parentage, raised in the household of the Earl of Warwick, and attendant on his elder daughter, Isabella, Duchess of Clarence

Ankarette Twynehoe

tiring lady to Isabella, Duchess of Clarence

Richard Neville
,
Earl of Warwick

known as "the Kingmaker". He deposed King Henry VI of the House of Lancaster in 1461 and crowned Edward Plantagenet, the Yorkist claimant, as King Edward IV

The Countess of Warwick

his wife

Isabella ("Bella")
,
Duchess of Clarence

Warwick's elder daughter

Anne Neville

Warwick's younger daughter

Richard Huddleston

King's Receiver

Matthew Long
*

Huddleston's servant

Error
*

a lovable deerhound

Alys
*

Margery's maidservant

Edward IV ("Ned")
 

Yorkist King of England, crowned by Warwick in 1461

George, Duke of Clarence

King Edward's younger brother
 

Richard ("Dickon"), Duke of Gloucester

King Edward's youngest brother. Future King Richard III

John, Lord Wenlock

Governor of Calais

Philippe de Commynes

Burgundian diplomat and chronicler

Thomas Burdett

friend of George, Duke of Clarence

Wyke
*

Littlebourne
*

retainers of Thomas Burdett

Louis XI

King of France ("the spider-king")

Charlotte

his queen

Jean Bourré

Treasurer of France

William Menypeny

adviser to King Louis

Charles
,
Duke of Guienne

brother to King Louis XI

Tom Huddleston

Will Huddleston

younger brothers of Richard Huddleston. In the service of Lord Montague, Warwick's brother

King René of Anjou
 

Father to Queen Margaret d'Anjou

Jeanne de Laval

his wife

John, Duke of Calabria

René's son

Margaret d'Anjou

Queen of England in exile; wife of King Henry VI

Prince Edouard

her son, heir to the House of Lancaster

John de Vere
,
Earl of Oxford

exiled Lancastrian lord and Warwick's brother-in-law

Jasper Tudor
,
Earl of Pembroke