Delirien

May 17, 2010 10:51

Title: Delirien
Author: lareinenoire
Fandom: Shakespeare - 1 Henry VI (roughly), with flashbacks to Henry V
Characters / Pairings: The York family, the Lancaster family, the Neville family, Richard/Cecily, Humphrey/Eleanor, eventual Margaret/Suffolk, Margaret/Henry.
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 21,332
Warnings: More disputed wills than strictly necessary, Epic Legal Fail (Chancery), violence, gratuitous Shakespeare references, and an excess of Strauss. Also WWI-era trench warfare, childbirth, and some profanity.
Summary: In the giddy years of the early twentieth century, the families of York and Lancaster seem to have come to an uneasy truce when Humphrey Lancaster befriends young Richard York and offers him a chance to mend his wrecked fortunes. What neither of them anticipates is the war that will destroy everything they know.

Prologue ~ Part I ~ Part II ~ Part III ~ Epilogue

Fanmix by cherith
Family Tree by gileonnen

Text-only version can be found at Archive of Our Own.

submissions: round 1

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