#the title specifies mediaeval heirs so i assume it's ending after THAT LANCASTRIAN SHITLORD kills beloved ricky

[nostalgia-tblr]

The book I am reading about royal heirs who didn't become King (occasionally Queen) of England has finally got to Edward V (there are a LOT of Edwards in this story so far, as well as a lot of Henrys and a number of Matildas that defies all common sense), which means AT LAST we shall get to the glorious reign of Hot Richard \o/

#the title specifies mediaeval heirs so i assume it's ending after THAT LANCASTRIAN SHITLORD kills beloved ricky #fanwars of the roses #it's actually done a pretty good job of making the Wars of the Roses thus far not TOO confusing #tho i admit i stopped paying attention to most of the earls and dukes long ago because really who can be bothered with all that? #i just take it as read that any named person is somehow related to one of Edward III's confusing swarm of sons #“oh this one's the great-nephew of George of Asda the second earl of Northsomethington who married his own sister” #(aside: many of the Northsomethings in England are a LOT further south than I would have assumed from their name) #(2nd aside: it's neat that while Edward of Lancaster and Anne Neville were being betrothed to everyone in sight they married each other too #(he's just died in the previous chapter and I am fairly sure she's the one who ends up married to Richard III THE HOTTEST ENGLISH KING EVER #(a LOT of people died in the previous chapter. several of them had the same name/title so i stopped trying to keep track after a while) #“this Duke of Somerset is not the one from the previous battle he's -” I DONT FUCKING CARE GET TO THE REGICIDE BITS #books and reading #history fandom