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Kingmaker

by Toby Clements 4 books in this series

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 resistance and the renewed struggle between Edward IV and Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.

Across four novels, Clements places two fictional survivors close to Towton, Edgcote, the Readeption of Henry VI and Tewkesbury without turning them into masters of history. Their marriage, loyalties and hidden knowledge are tested by dynastic propaganda, military service, exile, disease and battlefield medicine, giving the conflict both its national scale and its cost to ordinary people.

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Books in this series (4 books)

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1. Kingmaker: Winter Pilgrims

Toby Clements

First published 2014

4.3(2,072)

In February 1460, novice nun Katherine is attacked outside her priory and rescued by Thomas, a young monk. The violence destroys the protection of their religious houses, and the pair flee from the law, the Church and the knightly household determined to punish them. Crossing an…

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2. Kingmaker: Broken Faith

Toby Clements

First published 2015

4.3(1,243)

After Towton, Thomas and Katherine have not found peace. Katherine lives under an assumed identity, while Thomas struggles with injury and fractured memory; reunion brings them back into conflict with the enemy who ruined their former lives. A ledger containing evidence dangerous to Edward IV gives…

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3. Kingmaker: Divided Souls

Toby Clements

First published 2016

4.4(1,027)

Five years after the northern campaign, Thomas and Katherine have built a household at Marton and are raising their son. Their peace depends on a hidden ledger that could damage Edward IV’s legitimacy, and it ends when Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, turns against the king…

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4. Kingmaker: Kingdom Come

Toby Clements

First published 2017

4.5(912)

In 1470, the alliance between Edward IV and Warwick collapses completely. Violence against a royal supporter exposes old secrets and forces Thomas and Katherine to abandon the fragile security they have made. Warwick’s return to the Lancastrian cause drives Edward into Burgundian exile and restores Henry…

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