The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels)

This novel tells the story of Elizabeth of York, daughter of the White Queen and mother to the House of Tudor. When Henry Tudor claims the crown of England after the Battle of Bosworth Field, he marries Elizabeth to unite a country divided by the War of the Roses for nearly two decades. Elizabeth remains emotionally attached to Richard III, Henry's defeated enemy. Her mother and many in England hope for the return of a missing heir, a prince sent away by the White Queen. Henry fears that somewhere a young prince waits to invade and reclaim the throne. When a young man claiming to be king leads an army into England, Elizabeth faces a conflict between her growing love for her new husband and her loyalty to the boy who claims to be her lost brother, the heir to the House of York.