Figures in Silk by Vanora Bennett is the story of two sisters, daughters of a London silk merchant. Jane becomes the infamous mistress of King Edward IV while her sister, Isabel, becomes the secret mistress of his brother, Richard III. This novel focuses on merchant London rather than the royal palaces or the wars and so you get a better idea of how the doings of the nobility affected the lives of those "below" them.
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