Virgin Widow

Anne O'Brien

Why write about Anne Neville, a shadowy figure who barely touches the pages of medieval history books? Other than the date of her birth and death and a brief record of some events in her life of twenty eight years, Anne Neville is virtually unknown. But she was the wife of Richard III, England’s most infamous king. She was the daughter of the powerful Warwick the Kingmaker. How could Anne O’Brien resist the opportunity to put words into Anne Neville’s mouth and allow this young woman of the fifteenth century to emerge as a living entity? What if she had inherited all the self-will and pride of her Neville and Beauchamp ancestors…? Anne O’Brien was inspired to recreate her.