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I.RICHARD'S MOTHER[13]
II.RICHARD'S FATHER[33]
III.THE CHILDHOOD OF RICHARD[57]
IV.ACCESSION OF EDWARD IV., RICHARD'S ELDER
BROTHER
[67]
V.WARWICK, THE KING-MAKER[89]
VI.THE DOWNFALL OF YORK[118]
VII.THE DOWNFALL OF LANCASTER[137]
VIII.RICHARD'S MARRIAGE[165]
IX.END OF THE REIGN OF EDWARD[182]
X.RICHARD AND EDWARD V.[208]
XI.TAKING SANCTUARY[221]
XII.RICHARD LORD PROTECTOR[236]
XIII.PROCLAIMED KING[258]
XIV.THE CORONATION[279]
XV.FATE OF THE PRINCES[291]
XVI.DOMESTIC TROUBLES[301]
XVII.THE FIELD OF BOSWORTH[320]

ENGRAVINGS.

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THE ROYAL CHAMPION[Frontispiece.]
SCENES OF CIVIL WAR[15]
LUDLOW CASTLE[26]
CASTLE AND PARK OF THE MIDDLE AGES[29]
HENRY VI. IN HIS CHILDHOOD[39]
QUEEN MARGARET OF ANJOU, WIFE OF HENRY VI.[40]
WALLS OF YORK[49]
LAST HOURS OF KING RICHARD'S FATHER[54]
CASTLE AND GROUNDS BELONGING TO THE HOUSE OF
YORK
[62]
THE OLD QUINTAINE[84]
PLAYING BALL[86]
BATTLE-DOOR AND SHUTTLE-COCK[87]
RICHARD'S SIGNATURE[88]
EDWARD IV.[102]
QUEEN ELIZABETH WOODVILLE[103]
WESTMINSTER IN TIMES OF PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS[106]
WARWICK IN THE PRESENCE OF THE FRENCH KING[112]
THE SANCTUARY[133]
DEATH OF WARWICK ON THE FIELD OF BARNET[148]
STREET LEADING TO THE TOWER[151]
CHURCH AT TEWKESBURY[155]
QUEEN MARGARET BROUGHT IN PRISONER AT COVENTRY[160]
TOMB OF HENRY VI.[163]
RICHARD III.[176]
QUEEN ANNE[177]
MIDDLEHAM CASTLE[180]
LOUIS XI. OF FRANCE[184]
THE MURDERERS COMING FOR CLARENCE[200]
JANE SHORE[203]
THE ATTEMPTED RECONCILIATION[211]
ANCIENT PORTRAIT OF EDWARD V.[219]
ANCIENT VIEW OF WESTMINSTER[228]
THE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS[235]
CLARENCE'S CHILDREN HEARING OF THEIR FATHER'S
DEATH
[237]
THE COUNCIL IN THE TOWER[244]
POMFRET CASTLE[248]
BAYNARD'S CASTLE[273]
THE KING ON HIS THRONE[276]
THE BLOODY TOWER[283]
QUEEN ELIZABETH AT THE GRAVE[304]
PORTRAIT OF THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH[318]
THE CASTLE AT TAMWORTH[325]
KING HENRY VII.[332]
THE MONASTERY AT BERMONDSEY[335]

KING RICHARD III.

Chapter I.

Richard's Mother.

The great quarrel between the houses of York and Lancaster.
Terrible results of the quarrel.
Origin of it.