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A Spirited and Most Courageous Prince: A third anthology of short stories inspired by King Richard III
195 pages, Paperback
Published October 2, 2024
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About the author
Alex Marchant
16 books37 followersBorn and raised in the rolling Surrey downs, and following stints as an archaeologist and in publishing in London and Gloucester, I now live surrounded by moors in King Richard III’s northern heartland, working as a freelance copyeditor, proofreader and, more recently, independent author of books for children aged 10+.
My first novel, Time out of Time (pub. 2021), won the 2012 Chapter One Children’s Book Award, and my second (to be published in May 2025 as Tower of Shadows) was put on the backburner in 2013 at the announcement of the discovery of King Richard’s grave in a car park in Leicester. As a Ricardian since my teens, that momentous announcement prompted me to write about the real Richard III for older children (there being no such book available), and so The Order of the White Boar and its sequel The King’s Man were born.
The Order of the White Boar has been described by the Bulletin of the Richard III Society as ‘a wonderful work of historical fiction for both children and adults’ and The King’s Man as ‘a brilliant, gripping, heart-wrenching sequel’
The third and fourth books in the sequence, King in Waiting and Sons of York take the story of Matthew Wansford and his friends beyond 1485 to explore the legacy of Richard III in terms of the fate of the so-called 'Princes in the Tower'. My standalone timeslip book, Time out of Time, set in the legendary hot summer of 1976, was at last published in June 2021.
I have also edited three anthologies of short stories by a variety of international authors also inspired by King Richard III, Grant Me the Carving of My Name, Right Trusty and Well Beloved... and A Spirited and Most Courageous Prince, all sold in support of Scoliosis Association UK (SAUK).
My first novel, Time out of Time (pub. 2021), won the 2012 Chapter One Children’s Book Award, and my second (to be published in May 2025 as Tower of Shadows) was put on the backburner in 2013 at the announcement of the discovery of King Richard’s grave in a car park in Leicester. As a Ricardian since my teens, that momentous announcement prompted me to write about the real Richard III for older children (there being no such book available), and so The Order of the White Boar and its sequel The King’s Man were born.
The Order of the White Boar has been described by the Bulletin of the Richard III Society as ‘a wonderful work of historical fiction for both children and adults’ and The King’s Man as ‘a brilliant, gripping, heart-wrenching sequel’
The third and fourth books in the sequence, King in Waiting and Sons of York take the story of Matthew Wansford and his friends beyond 1485 to explore the legacy of Richard III in terms of the fate of the so-called 'Princes in the Tower'. My standalone timeslip book, Time out of Time, set in the legendary hot summer of 1976, was at last published in June 2021.
I have also edited three anthologies of short stories by a variety of international authors also inspired by King Richard III, Grant Me the Carving of My Name, Right Trusty and Well Beloved... and A Spirited and Most Courageous Prince, all sold in support of Scoliosis Association UK (SAUK).
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