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George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence

1449–1478

George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, was the younger brother of Edward IV and an important but unreliable participant in the Wars of the Roses. He married Isabel Neville, allied with her father the Earl of Warwick and helped depose Edward before changing sides again.

Continued plotting and a bitter dispute over the Neville inheritance led to his conviction for treason in 1478. Tradition claims that he was drowned in a butt of malmsey wine, though the method is not securely documented. George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence was born in Dublin Castle and died in Tower of London.

In Thomas Penn’s The Brothers York, Edward IV, George, Duke of Clarence, and Richard, Duke of Gloucester, emerge within a political world shaped by the weakness of Henry VI, the ambitions of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, Lancastrian resistance and the competing interests of Burgundy and France. In C. F. Dunn’s Degrees of Affinity, George, Duke of Clarence, pursues status and inheritance with increasing resentment, while Richard, Duke of Gloucester, builds a reputation for disciplined loyalty. George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence is treated fictionally in Toby Clements’ Kingmaker: Divided Souls, C. F. Dunn’s Legacy of Steel, Joanna Hickson’s Red Rose, White Rose, C. F. Dunn’s Sun Ascendant, and Amy Licence’s The York King (House of York).

Periods

Periods linked to George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence

Wars of the Roses1455–1487 CE

Series

Historical novels and book series featuring George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (5 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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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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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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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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Standalone books

Standalone books featuring George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (2 books)

Non Fiction

Non Fiction featuring George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (3 books)

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