Young Marmaduke Nevile comes to London seeking the patronage of his kinsman Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, the mightiest lord in England. Around him the struggle between Warwick and Edward IV unfolds, while the scholar Adam Warner labours on an early steam engine and his daughter Sibyll is drawn into the dangerous world of the court.
A grand and serious Victorian historical novel, still a vivid picture of Warwick the Kingmaker. Download the free EPUB.