J P Reedman

The Mistletoe Bride of Minster Lovell - Wars of the Roses Short Stories J P Reedman

Twelfth Night has come to Minster Lovell Hall. Francis Lovell and his wife Nan Fitz Hugh have arranged a fabulous celebration to entertain their friends, Richard Plantagenet and Anne Neville, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. The feast is served in splendour, the Mummers arrive to perform the traditional play with much jollity and hi-jinks, and the Lord of Misrule is crowned. But when a strange, mysterious storyteller arrives calling himself Jack Rhymer, the evening takes on a darker tone...as he tells the haunting tale of the Mistletoe Bride, a maiden who vanished at the old hall upon her wedding night. A dangerous game is then begun, urged on by the Lord of Misrule. Will history repeat itself at Minster Lovell Hall?A short novelette set at the time of the Wars of the Roses, featuring Francis Lovell and Richard of Gloucester, later Richard III. approximately 14,000 words.