The Adventures of Alianore Audley

The Adventures of Alianore Audley

While Brian was writing Fetterlock a thought struck him: Could Constance of York have had a grandchild living at the time of the Wars of the Roses? The answer was that she had several, but none of them had a story that he wanted to tell. Moreover, most of them were fairly obscure except perhaps for Sir Humphrey Audley who was executed at Tewkesbury in 1471 after fighting for Lancaster. (Well, every family has its black sheep.)

In the end he decided to add a fictional grandchild to Constance's tally, and it turned out to be Alianore. For some years all that there was of Alianore's story was a single paragraph and, believe it or not, the original idea was to write a serious Wars of the Roses story, with just a few fictitious characters. But then suddenly Alianore found her voice and she had very different ideas! She first burst upon the unsuspecting world as a strip cartoon that featured in the magazine of the Greater Manchester Branch of the Richard III Society - a few people may still have this collector's item. Then her tale grew into a short story focused on our acerbic heroine, and this in turn grew into a short novel. Originally published in Australia, Alianore was Brian's debut novel.

For those who don't know, The Adventures of Alianore Audley is very different to Fetterlock. It's a light-hearted spoof of the historical novel, told in first person by a heroine whose middle name is irony. Please do not take it too seriously; it's all a bit of fun. Alianore works for Yorkist Intelligence, and is hennin-deep in intrigue and danger all the way along. Needless to say, Richard III and his family have their place in the book, as do Edward IV, Lord Hastings, Lord Stanley, Margaret Beaufort and all the usual cast of suspects.

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