The Flame Eater

Yet it appears that Henry Tudor had some expectation that his proposition would be acceptable to Northumberland, and that the earl would agree to negotiate Tudor’s alliance within his close family.

This opens many questions, but these cannot be answered unless further documentation comes to light in the future, and I do not attempt to cover those points in my book. Christopher Urswick’s presence in England as related in my novel, and the reason for it, is therefore historically accurate. As are the related movements of the Marquess of Dorset, and the situation relating to the king, Richard III, at that time.

I should particularly like to thank the eminently helpful and knowledgeable Annette Carson and her several important non-fiction books on the subject and in particular RICHARD III: THE MALIGNED KING, which is a continuous source of both delight and expert information.

I should also like to thank my wonderfully patient and endlessly helpful family, in particular my daughter Gill and my granddaughter Emma, without whom I could not have published any of my novels.