Warwick the Kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame during the War of the Roses

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Warwick the Kingmaker was a fifteenth-century celebrity; a military hero, self-publicist and populist. For twelve years he was the arbiter of English politics, not hesitating to set up and put down kings. In the dominant strand of recent English historical writing, Warwick is condemned as a man who hindered the development of the modern state; in earlier centuries he was admired as an exemplar of true nobility who defied the centralising tendencies of the crown. A. J. Pollard offers a fresh assessment, to which neither approach is entirely appropriate, of the man whose nickname has become synonymous with power broking.

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"Splendid" - Southern History
"No wonder the 'Warwick phenomenon' so facinates A.J.Pollard and analysis its origins, nature and significance provide the central core of his splendidly readable book." - The Ricardian -- Keith Dockray
"an illuminating and thought-provoking volume" BBC History Magazine, 1 December 2007 -- Ian Mortimer
"...Pollard lucidly and succinctly illuminates many topics, challenges many presumptions, brings out why Warwick mattered, goes far towards explaining his amazing success, and reveals why for two hundred years his reputation stood so high. We are all in his debt." Northern History, 2009

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ANTHONY JAMES POLLARD is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Teesside, UK.