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Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick

1428–1471

Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, was one of the richest magnates in England and became known as the “Kingmaker” for his role in the Wars of the Roses. He helped Edward IV take the throne but broke with him over the Woodville marriage and foreign policy.

After failed rebellions Warwick allied with Margaret of Anjou, restored Henry VI and returned from exile. Edward defeated and killed him at Barnet in 1471. Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick was born in Norwich and died in London Borough of Barnet.

Derek Birks’s Kingdom of Rebels and Toby Clements’s Kingmaker: Divided Souls place Warwick at the heart of the shifting alliances that turn Yorkist victory into renewed civil war, showing how his power as magnate and commander can make or unmake kings. David Pilling’s Kingbreaker (III) follows the breakdown of Warwick’s relationship with Edward IV and the extraordinary alliance with his former Lancastrian enemies. Kingmaker: Winter Pilgrims introduces the conflict from the perspective of lesser people drawn into Warwick’s military network as the first battles erupt. Thomas Penn’s The Brothers York provides the broader dynastic frame, showing how Warwick’s ambitions and foreign policy disputes widened the divisions among Edward IV, Clarence and Gloucester.

Periods

Periods linked to Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick

Readeption of Henry VI3 October 1470–11 April 1471 Wars of the Roses1455–1487 CE

Series

Historical novels and book series featuring Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (11 series)

The Wars of the Roses in Order

by Derek Birks 9 books 4.4(3,534)

The Wars of the Roses series follows the fictional Elder family through the dynastic conflicts that divided England between 1459 and 1485. Beginning with a private Yorkshire feud, the family is drawn into the struggle between Lancaster and York and repeatedly finds its survival tied to the fortunes…

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Wars of the Roses in Order

by Conn Iggulden 4 books 4.4(29,278)

The Wars of the Roses series follows the dynastic struggle from the weakness of Henry VI’s government through the rise of York, Edward IV’s victories and exiles, and the final contest between Richard III and Henry Tudor. The novels combine court politics with the major military turning points…

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Kingmaker in Order

by Toby Clements 4 books 4.4(5,254)

Kingmaker follows former monk Thomas Everingham and former nun Katherine as the Wars of the Roses break apart the religious, social and political order that once defined their lives. Beginning with their flight from a priory in 1460, the sequence carries them through Yorkist campaigns, the northern Lancastrian…

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House of York in Order

by Amy Licence 2 books 4.4(2,151)

The House of York series follows Edward of York from adolescence to kingship during the Wars of the Roses. It begins amid Henry VI’s recurring incapacity and Richard, Duke of York’s challenge to Lancastrian government, then traces the battles and family losses that bring the young Edward to…

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Tom Swan and the Last Spartans in Order

by Christian Cameron 4 books 4.5(1,853)

The third Tom Swan adventure returns to the networks of collectors, bankers, soldiers and spies that connect Renaissance Italy with England and the Ottoman world. After Belgrade, Swan’s knowledge of classical antiquity is inseparable from the reputation he has acquired as an agent capable of surviving difficult missions.…

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The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels in Order

by Philippa Gregory 16 books 4.4(140,052)

The Plantagenet and Tudor novels form a chronological sequence of connected but independently readable stories about women near the English throne. They move from the Lancastrian court and the Wars of the Roses through the rise of the Tudors, Henry VIII’s marriages, the mid-Tudor religious crisis and the…

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Kathryn Swinbrooke Mysteries in Order

by Paul Doherty 7 books 4.4(8,819)

The Kathryn Swinbrooke Mysteries follow a physician and apothecary working in Canterbury during the unsettled Yorkist years after the Wars of the Roses. Kathryn’s medical knowledge allows her to distinguish natural death from poisoning, injury and deliberate deception, while her independence brings her into investigations involving civic officials,…

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The Tarnished Crown in Order

by C. F. Dunn 4 books 4.4(1,493)

The Tarnished Crown follows Isobel Fenton, later Isobel Langton, and Robert Langton through the political reversals of Edward IV’s reign. Beginning with Warwick’s rebellion in 1469, the series places their struggle for Beaumoncote Manor, marriage and family security inside the conflicts that divide the Yorkist court and repeatedly…

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Kingbreaker in Order

by David Pilling 4 books 4.4(555)

The Kingbreaker series tells the story of John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, a committed Lancastrian who survives defeat, imprisonment and exile during the Wars of the Roses. Beginning with the catastrophe at Towton and continuing through the restorations and reversals of Edward IV, Richard III and Henry…

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York Family Novels in Order

by Anne Easter Smith 6 books 4.1(16,252)

The York Family Novels are six overlapping biographical novels about the House of York during the Wars of the Roses and the opening of Tudor rule. Each book centres on a different historical or lightly documented figure—Kate Haute, Margaret of York, Grace Plantagenet, Cecily Neville, Jane Shore and…

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Tudor Rose Trilogy in Order

by Alison Weir 5 books 4.2(18,357)

The Tudor Rose Trilogy follows three generations of the dynasty through novels centred on Elizabeth of York, Henry VIII and Mary I. Beginning in the final decades of the Wars of the Roses and ending with Mary’s death in 1558, it traces how family memory, contested legitimacy and…

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Standalone books

Standalone books featuring Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (4 books)

Non Fiction

Non Fiction featuring Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (8 books)

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