History Literature / RoseOfRapture

* FailedFutureForecast: In the novel, Richard's shoulders are uneven do to his using his battle-ax. When his remains were discovered, it was clear he had scoliosis.
* GenreMashup: It's a romance novel mashed up with a medieval political thriller.

* RoyalBrat: Warrick tells Henry Tudor that Edward V has been terribly spoiled by his uncle, Anthony Woodville and is preening and arrogant, but he ads that he younger of the two princes, Richard of Shrewbury, is nothing like his brother.

* RedOniBlueOni: When Isabella meets King Edward, she is fascinated at how different he is from his younger brother, Richard. Her musings outline why Edward is the red and Richard is the blue.

** Isabella is introduced as a HeartwarmingOrphan distraught over her brother leaving her household.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Side characters include Richard III, Henry Tudor, Anne Neville, Richard Neville, Anthony Woodville, Will Hastings, UsefulNotes/EdwardIV, Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort, Thomas Grey, Francis Lovell and Elizabeth of York. UsefulNotes/MargaretOfYork gets a mention.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Side characters include Richard III, Henry Tudor, Anne Neville, Anthony Woodville, Will Hastings, UsefulNotes/EdwardIV, Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort, Thomas Grey, Francis Lovell and Elizabeth of York.

* TheFateOfThePrincesInTheTower: Warrick realizes that Richard didn't kill the princes, and to his horror, he realizes the only one who could have is [[spoiler: Henry Tudor's mother, Margaret Beaufort with an assist from Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham. He's reluctant to tell Henry about this. But the very fact that he won't say who he suspects clues Henry in and Henry is sickened.]]

* ByronicHero: Warrick is brooding and, at the start of the book bitter about women. He also has no problem threatening to kill anyone who gets between him and Isabella, and he follows through more than once.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Isabella suffers through a number of near-rapes, rescuing herself twice and Warrick rescuing her a couple of other times. Unfortunately, towards the end [[spoiler Jocelyn is not lucky enough to escape when she's attacked. Her recovery is treated seriously.]]

* AsYouKnow: At Richard's coronation, Isabella and Warrick have a long conversation about the princes disappearance that lays out the reasons that various players would have to kill the boys.

* DomesticAbuse: Lionel abuses his wife Gilliane, and Isabella even witnesses him nearly beat her to death.

* DomesticViolence: Lionel abuses his wife Gilliane, and Isabella even witnesses him nearly beat her to death.

* AsYouKnow: At Richard's coronation, Isabella and Warrick have a long conversation about the princes disappearance that lays out the reasons that various players would have to kill the princes.

* DepravedHomosexual: A villainous Italian count sets his sights on Giles and is not happy when Warrick thwarts his seduction. Very much a case of ValuesDissonance.

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Rose of Rapture (1984) is a RomanceNovel by American author Rebecca Brandewyne which takes place during the UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRoses and contains a LoveAcrossBattlelines plot in which the OfficialCouple find themselves on the opposite sides of the war, with the hero siding with Henry Tudor and the heroine siding with UsefulNotes/RichardIII. The main plot is of the standard, bodice ripper variety, but the novel has gained a cult following due to its well-researched and complex political backstory. The author takes pains to show neither side as being right or wrong in the conflict, though it does give Richard III a HistoricalHeroUpgrade.