Research Catalog

Title

Richard, Duke of York : king by right / Matthew Lewis.

Author

Lewis, Matthew (British historian)

Publication

• Gloucestershire [England] : Amberley Publishing, 2016.
• ©2016

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Details

Description

318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, genealogical tables; 24 cm

Summary

A reassessment of Richard, Duke of York, who rebelled against his king, bringing bloody civil war to England. Father to two kings and an ancestor of the Tudor dynasty, Richard was a complex man who has been remembered as one whose ambition knew no bounds. This biography by Matthew Lewis challenges this long-accepted view, revealing a complex family man with unparalleled power and responsibilities.

Subject

• Richard, Duke of York, 1411-1460 > Biography
• Richard, Duke of York, 1411-1460
• Wars of the Roses (Great Britain : 1455-1485)
• 1455-1485
• Nobility
• Kings and rulers > Succession
• Nobility > England > Biography
• Great Britain
• England
• Great Britain > History > Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485
• Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Succession > History

Genre/Form

• History.
• Biographies.

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Prologue -- The house of York -- The first sons of York -- Orphaned to power -- One king, two kingdoms -- On kingdom, two kings -- Taking livery -- Band of brothers -- Homeward bound -- A pawn in the game -- A son of York -- The opening of a wound -- The king's marriage -- York's bid for a crown -- The death of the duke -- Irish exile -- War and peace -- Cade's rebellion -- The return to England -- The road to Dartford -- Lost promise -- The lord protector -- The battles begin -- The love day -- The die is cast -- A throne for York -- Epilogue.

ISBN

• 9781445647449
• 1445647443
• 9781445647456 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2016429099
• 9781445647449

OCLC

• ocn923795076
• SCSB-8890608

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library