Warwick the Kingmaker

by Kendall, Paul Murray

• ISBN13: 9781842125755
• ISBN10: 1842125753
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc

Summary

During the Wars of the Roses, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, exercised more than regal power. It was he who disposed of Henry VI and gained the throne for Edward IV - and nine years later tried to overthrow him. Edward fled to the Continent, but he returned in strength and crushed the Lancastrians. Warwick's death at the Battle of Barnet (or rather fleeing from it) marked the end of an important era in English history. First published in 1957.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Preface	11	(6)
The Yorkist (1428-1456)
The Eve of Fame	17	(9)
St. Albans	26	(11)
The Captain of Calais (1456-1461)
``As Famous a Knight''	37	(20)
Disaster at Ludlow	57	(4)
The Calais Earls	61	(9)
``Marvellous Things''	70	(5)
The Crown	75	(10)
``Like Another Caesar''	85	(7)
Warwick's Protege	92	(17)
Master of the Realm (1461-1464)
The Earl and the King	109	(6)
Labors in the North	115	(11)
Warwick's Friend the Dauphin	126	(13)
Warwick's Friend the King of France	139	(18)
The French Marriage	157	(17)
Waiting for Warwick	174	(11)
Quarrel	185	(8)
Louis' Man (1464-1468)
Eyes Across the Channel	193	(9)
Louis Fights: The Woodvilles Climb	202	(8)
Burgundy or France?	210	(15)
The Meeting of Friends	225	(8)
The Parting of Foes	233	(4)
``Master or Varlet''	237	(13)
Mine and Countermine	250	(21)
``Setter-up and Plucker-down of Kings'' (1469-1470)
The Failure of Success	271	(17)
``Fair Stood the Wind''	288	(10)
The Return of the Native	298	(21)
The Lancastrian (1470-1471)
The Grand Alliance	319	(33)
Barnet	352	(18)
Epilogue	370	(3)
Notes on Sources	373	(22)
Index	395