This is a modern novel, told in the modern

vernacular and set in the early part of the

twentieth century. However, I have to a cer-

tain extent based my protagonist, Edward

Deravenel, on the English medieval king

Edward IV. Born Edward Plantagenet, the Earl

of March, he was the eldest son of the mighty

Duke of York and his Duchess. Edward s fa-

ther was a prince of the blood and a royal

duke, head of the royal House of York, right-

ful heir to the throne of England.