Warwick the Kingmaker

by Paul Murray Kendall

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During the Wars of the Roses, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, exercised more than regal power. His death, in battle with a king he put in power and then tried to overthrow, marked the end of an important era in English history.

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Paul Murray Kendall
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Paul Murray Kendall was Professor of English Literature at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

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Canonical title*
Warwick, le faiseur de rois
Original title
Warwick the Kingmaker
Original publication date
1957
People/Characters
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (Warwick the Kingmaker); Piers de Brézé; Francis II, Duke of Brittany; Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (also called "The Rash"); Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (show all 23); George, Duke of Clarence; Edward IV, King of England; Edward, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VI; Richard III, King of England; Henry VI, King of England; Louis XI, King of France; Margaret of Anjou; John Neville, Marquis of Montague; George Neville, Archbishop of York; William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke; Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers; Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury; Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset; John, Lord Wenlock; Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort of England; Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York; Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick
Important places
Anjou, France; Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France; London, England, UK; Paris, Île-de-France, France; St Paul's Cathedral, London, England, UK; St. Leonard's Hospital, York, North Yorkshire, England, UK (show all 8); Utrecht, Netherlands; Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, UK
Important events
Wars of the Roses (1455 | 1487); First Battle of St. Albans (1455-05-22); Battle of Wakefield (1460-12-30); Battle of Mortimer's Cross (1461-02-02); Second Battle of St. Albans (1461-02-17); Battle of Towton (1461-03-29) (show all 8); Battle of Barnet (1471-04-14); Battle of Tewkesbury (1471-05-04)
Dedication
To Charlotte and Richard Hough
First words
Preface: Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick -- called The Kingmaker -- has been relegated to a famous oblivion: is there any other man in English history so well known and so little known about?
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)So ended Richard Neville's grandchildren, hunted to death by the Tudors because they were vessels of the royal blood of England. That they were descendants of the Earl of Warwick was of no importance.
Original language*
Anglais (Royaume-Uni) (Royaume-Uni)
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History, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
942.04 — History & geography History of Europe England and Wales England Lancaster and York 1400-85
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DA247 .W25 .K4 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England History By period Early and medieval to 1485 1154-1485. Angevins. Plantagenets.
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