Table of Contents

Inheritance; France; Ireland; popularity and problems; Dartford; the First Protectorate; the Second Protectorate; Loveday to Ludlow; failure.

Reviews

`Johnson has much of value to offer' Times Higher Education Supplement
`the first scholarly account of the career of Richard III's father' The Ricardian
'a very thorough, careful and competent piece of work' Christine Carpenter, New Hall, Cambridge, Ancient and Medieval
`But on the fourteen-fifties, the kernel of the book, Dr Johnson has produced a narrative more detailed and convincing than anything to date. Precise scholarship on small issues gives confidence to his interpretations.' M.A. Hicks, King Alfred's College, Winchester, Northern History, Vol.XXVI
'many questions remain unanswered ... But this highly competent biography sets limits to our uncertainty and will be welcomed by historians on both sides of the Irish Sea.' Art Cosgrove, University College, Dublin, Irish Historical Studies