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Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March

1287–1330

Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, was an English marcher lord who became the lover and political ally of Queen Isabella. After helping depose Edward II, he ruled through the young Edward III until his arrest and execution in 1330.

Paul Bannister’s Storm of Arrows is set in 1330, Edward III asks Sir Thomas Holland to help overthrow Roger Mortimer, whose control of the young king and suspected role in Edward II’s death have made him the dominant power in England. Griff Hosker’s Lord Edward’s Archer places Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March within a narrative shaped by family, marriage and personal loyalty and court politics and dynastic power. Other novels featuring Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March include Maurice Druon’s The She-Wolf, Maurice Druon’s The Lily and the Lion, David Field’s The Squandered Crown, Anne O’Brien’s A Court of Betrayal, and Griff Hosker’s An Archer’s Crusade.

Historical context

Historical periods linked to Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March

Invasion of England and Deposition of Edward II 1326–1327 CE

Series

Series featuring Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (5 series)

Lord Edward’s Archer in Order

by Griff Hosker 10 books 4.5

Lord Edward’s Archer follows Gerald Warbow from the Welsh Marches into the wars and political crises of Edward I and Edward II. The series combines archer warfare with the Second Barons’ War, Welsh resistance, crusading, the Scottish wars and court intrigue. It is a medieval military sequence about…

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The Accursed Kings in Order

by Maurice Druon 7 books 4.2

The Accursed Kings follows the French and English monarchies from the final year of Philip IV's reign in 1314 to the capture of John II at Poitiers and the political crisis of the late 1350s. Across seven novels, the direct Capetian line fails, the Valois dynasty takes the…

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Folville’s Law in Order

by David Pilling 2 books 4.1

Folville's Law follows Sir John Swale through the violent collapse of Edward II's government and the uncertain minority of Edward III. Set amid northern warfare, political murder, outlaw bands and the rise and fall of Roger Mortimer, the novels blend medieval crime with the struggle for control of…

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Storm of Arrows in Order

by Paul Bannister 2 books 4.0

The Storm of Arrows sequence follows Sir Thomas Holland from Edward III’s seizure of power to the opening campaigns of the Hundred Years’ War. Storm of Arrows places the young archer and baron beside the king during the overthrow of Roger Mortimer, the wars in Scotland, the naval…

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The Wars of the Roses Saga in Order

by David Field 2 books 4.4

The Wars of the Roses Saga begins well before the fifteenth-century conflict, tracing the Plantagenet inheritance from the defeat of Simon de Montfort in 1265. The fictional Bywater family serves successive kings and discovers that royal patronage can restore an estate in one reign and destroy it in…

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Standalone books

Standalone books featuring Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (2 books)