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WARWICK THE KINGMAKER

by Paul Murray Kendall

Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1963

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Biography of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known as The Kingmaker. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis, a few b/w plates and foldout pedigree. 135 pages including index. Top edge red.

Second Impression. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, browned to spine and worn at top of spine, rear panel is a little grubby and browned.

Stock no. 1828716

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Contents

  • PREFACE
  • DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD III
  • I THE YORKIST (1428-1456)
  • 1. The Eve of Fame
  • 2. St. Albans
  • II THE CAPTAIN OF CALAIS (1456-1461)
  • 1. 'As Famous a Knight'
  • 2. Disaster at Ludlow
  • 3. The Calais Earls
  • 4. 'Marvellous Things'
  • 5. The Crown
  • 6. 'Like Another Caesar'
  • 7. Warwick's Protege
  • III MASTER OF THE REALM (1461-1464)
  • 1. The Earl and King
  • 2. Labours in the North
  • 3. Warwick's Friend the Dauphin
  • 4. Warwick's Friend the King of France
  • 5. The French Marriage
  • 6. Waiting for Warwick
  • 7. Quarrel
  • IV LOUIS' MAN (1464-1468)
  • 1. Eyes across the Channel
  • 2. Louis Fights: The Woodvilles Climb
  • 3. Burgundy or France?
  • 4. The Meeting of Friends
  • 5. The Parting of Foes
  • 6. 'Master or Varlet'
  • 7. Mine and counter-mine
  • V 'SETTER-UP AND PLUCKER-DOWN OF KINGS' (1469-1470)
  • 1. The Failure of Success
  • 2. 'Fair Stood the Wind'
  • 3. The Return of he Native
  • VI THE LANCASTRIAN (1470-1471)
  • 1. The Grand Alliance
  • 2. Barnet
  • EPILOGUE
  • NOTES ON SOURCES
  • INDEX

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