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False, fleeting, perjur’d Clarence’
George
Duke of Clarence 1449-1478
Michael
Hicks Professor of History, University of Winchester George, Duke of Clarence was the son of Richard, Duke of York and thus brother to two kings,
Edward IV and Richard III. Clarence married Isobel, the elder daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick,
(Warwick the kingmaker) and had two children, Edward, earl of Warwick, who was imprisoned and executed by Henry VII, and Margaret,
Countess of Salisbury who was executed by Henry VIII.
Clarence’s
reputation as ‘false, fleeting and perjur’d is described in Shakespeare’s play Richard III.
Michael Hicks reveals a ‘conventional magnate, a mixture of virtues and vices but temperamentally
unsuited for the role in politics otherwise assigned by his royal blood, political power and personal ambition’ This book was first published by Alan Sutton Publishing
thirty years ago. Headstart History published a revised edition in 1992 and now The Davenant
Press is proud to publish the second edition in the summer of 2010. The image on the front cover is Clarence’s stallplate as a member of the Order of the
Garter in St. George’s Chapel Windsor, and is reproduced by kind permission of Geoffrey Wheeler, London. ISBN 978-1-85944-006-8
Paperback £19.99
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William
de Longchamp
David
Balfour
Lecturer
, College of St. Joseph, Vermont USA
Preface Ralph Turner,Florida State
University
Bishop, papal legate, chief justiciar, chancellor - and
when Richard I was on a crusade, William de Longchamp was Regent. Loyal to the king and hated and envied by many, he was deposed
and exiled after clashes with Prince John and the magnates who sought control in the king’s absence. This study presents
a re-assessment of a controversial figure and examines the life of William and the Angevin context in which he worked until
his death in 1197.
ISBN 978-1-85944-007-0 May
2010 £19.99
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The Tudor Court
David Loades
Professor
Emeritus, University of Wales
Honorary Research Professor,
University of Sheffield
Member of the History Faculty, University of Oxford
First published by Batsford in 1986 this
book went through two revised editions with Headstart History and the Davenant Press. The new edition of this standard work
on the Tudor Court includes new chapters. Nevertheless what David Loades wrote on the court in the 2003
Preface remains true. In looking at the court we see themes of perpetual conflict
between the need for magnificence and the danger of runaway costs.. demands of patronage and access on the one hand and the
need for control and security on the other. The Tudor monarchy was more institutionalised than most…but
remained a personal monarchy in the flamboyant renaissance mode … the court remained the epicenter of politics,
fashion and fortune….the centre of government and policy making. (Illustration
by kind permission of The National Archives, Kew)
ISBN 078-1-85944-013-1 Paperback
2nd edn. £19.99 2010
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Neil Samman
formerly University of Wales Bangor
Preface by David Loades
After he completed his thesis
Neil Samman moved to the University of Reading and more recently has played a leading part in setting up a charity to
support children in India and in teaching and writing about yoga.
For fifteen years the business
of the court was the business of Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey. A reconstruction of his itinerary, when put alongside that of the
king, reveals that he was far more ‘about’ Henry than has hitherto been realised. He tracked the court assiduously…
even when they were miles apart he visited weekly…more frequently if business required it…. he worked hard for
his apparently effortless superiority. Everything the king did, and everyone to whom he talked, had political significance,
and much of this work is therefore devoted to Wolsey’s possible rivals and competitors. The Privy Chamber is not central
to this story, because although not denying its importance, Dr. Samman believes that it has been over-emphasised at the expense
of other aspects of the court. So the focus here is partly on the Chamber, and partly on those individuals who shared the
king’s pastimes, particularly jousts and masques. If the Chamber had been, as David Starkey believes, relegated to a
secondary function after the advent of the Privy Chamber, it would be hard to explain why its places and its offices should
have attracted the intense attention which they clearly did. Here we have an exhaustive examination of the Chamber and its
personnel. No other scholar has reconstructed it in such detail, nor taken such pains to investigate the comings and goings,
the identity and connections of its members.
(Illustration by kind permission of The National Archives, Kew)
ISBN 978-1-85944-015-5
Paperback £19.99
2010
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All titles are
running late but David Newcombe's book on John Hooper, Tudor Bishop and Martyr was published
in September 2009. It will be followed by David Balfour's monograph on William de Longchamp.
Information
on the following can be obtained by telephoning (01865) 292148.
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John Hooper John Hooper, Tudor Bishop and Martyr c. 1495 - 1555 David Newcome
ISBN
978-1-85944 -006-3 400 pages
Paperback £19.99 Published September 2009
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False Fleeting Perjur’d Clarence
George, Duke of Clarence, 1449-1478
Michael Hicks
COMPLETELY NEW EDITION
ISBN 978-1-85944-014-8 Paperback
£19.99
Spring 2010
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Lloyd George and the Lost Peace
From Versailles to Hitler, 1919-1940
Tony Lentin
ISBN 978-1-85944-285 2 Paperback Series £18.00
Available
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THE TUDOR NAVY
David Loades
OUT OF PRINT Last Copies £10.00
Available
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