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In 1461 Edward Earl of March, a handsome 18-year old of massive charisma and ability, usurped the English throne from Henry VI. Ten years on, he finally secured his kingdom. The years that followed witnessed a period of peace and economic and industrial expansion. Yet, argues A. J. Pollard, Edward, who squandered his undoubted talents in a frenzy of sexual and epicurean excess, was a man of limited vision. Ultimately, his failure was dynastic: barely two months after his death in April 1483, his young son and heir was usurped by Edwards youngest brother, Richard III.

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A. J. Pollard

EDWARD IV
The Summer King

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Copyright A. J. Pollard, 2016

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ISBN: 978-0-141-97870-3

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THE HOUSES OF WESSEX AND DENMARK

AthelstanTom Holland
Aethelred the UnreadyRichard Abels
CnutRyan Lavelle
Edward the ConfessorJames Campbell

THE HOUSES OF NORMANDY, BLOIS AND ANJOU

William IMarc Morris
William IIJohn Gillingham
Henry IEdmund King
StephenCarl Watkins
Henry IIRichard Barber
Richard IThomas Asbridge
JohnNicholas Vincent

THE HOUSE OF PLANTAGENET

Henry IIIStephen Church
Edward IAndy King
Edward IIChristopher Given-Wilson
Edward IIIJonathan Sumption
Richard IILaura Ashe

THE HOUSES OF LANCASTER AND YORK

Henry IVCatherine Nall
Henry VAnne Curry
Henry VIJames Ross
Edward IVA. J. Pollard
Edward VThomas Penn
Richard IIIRosemary Horrox

THE HOUSE OF TUDOR

Henry VIISean Cunningham
Henry VIIIJohn Guy
Edward VIStephen Alford
Mary IJohn Edwards
Elizabeth IHelen Castor

THE HOUSE OF STUART

James IThomas Cogswell
Charles IMark Kishlansky
[ CromwellDavid Horspool ]
Charles IIClare Jackson
James IIDavid Womersley
William III & Mary IIJonathan Keates
AnneRichard Hewlings

THE HOUSE OF HANOVER

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George IINorman Davies
George IIIAmanda Foreman
George IVStella Tillyard
William IVRoger Knight
VictoriaJane Ridley

THE HOUSES OF SAXE-COBURG & GOTHA AND WINDSOR

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Edward VIIIPiers Brendon
George VIPhilip Ziegler
Elizabeth IIDouglas Hurd

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Preface

Edward IV was a usurper. In 1461, aged eighteen, he seized the throne from Henry VI during the course of the first and most fierce of the Wars of the Roses between his house and the house of Lancaster. His father, Richard, Duke of York, had claimed to be the legitimate king; Edward made good the claim with the sword. Edward struggled at first to hold on to power and was deposed in 1470. Six months later, in the spring of 1471, he dramatically recovered his crown. Uniquely among English monarchs, Edward IV had two reigns. After 1471 he appeared to have secured the throne for himself and his heirs. However, his early death in 1483 led rapidly to the collapse of his dynasty and its replacement by the Tudors. There have been few more dramatic stories in the history of the English monarchy than the rise and fall of the house of York.

Historians are divided as to whether Edward himself is to be blamed for the ultimate failure of his dynasty. Almost from the moment of his death alternative views were being expressed for and against him. Within twenty years a debate concerning the character of the man and the quality of his rule was established with which all subsequent historians have had to engage. This debate, set out in the first chapter, has not been as passionate as that surrounding his brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later Richard III, but it has likewise shaped and constrained the way his history is written. Modern judgements of him have ranged from an immoral hedonist and bloody tyrant to a hard-working exemplar of the ideal of a medieval monarch. Within this spectrum, he is in this book characterized nearer the former than the latter, as a ruler who rarely looked beyond the short term, his own close circle and his own immediate ends. Though capable of sustained attention to statecraft, especially in a crisis, as his reign progressed and he aged he became more addicted to self-indulgence. In several respects he was successful, but he failed to establish his dynasty. Yet ill-fortune also played a part. Had he lived for just four more years (he was not yet forty-one when he died in 1483), his elder son would have succeeded him without challenge. It is likely that Edward would then have been remembered as a successful monarch, possibly the founder of a great dynasty. As it is, today he hardly registers in the public imagination, overshadowed by his notorious brother Richard who took the throne for himself.

Edward deserves to be better known for the drama of his life, his flamboyant personality and the way in which his reign witnessed a revival in royal authority completed by Henry VIII. I hope this brief account will bring him to a wider readership. I would like to thank Tom Penn for asking me to write the book. I have written several times in different contexts on the reign of Edward IV, but never before have I had the opportunity to make the man and monarch centre-stage. I have benefited over a lifetime from the research, assistance and advice of many fellow historians, too many to list, but I would particularly like to acknowledge my debt in this work to Charles Ross and Michael Hicks. I would also like to thank Tig Lang, Hugh Meller and Michael Stansfield for their help on particular matters and all the staff at Penguin in going to press. Finally, Sandra, thank you for your loving support during a difficult time while this book was being written.

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