Judicial murder of the Earl of Warwick . . . . . . . . . . [275] Henry's remorse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [276] Elizabeth saw the cruel treatment of her mother and cousin
Her death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [277] Henry's design to kill the Earl of Suffolk . . . . . . . . [277] His death. Successful as this world counts success . . . [278] Things unexplained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [279], [280]
CHAPTER VI
MR. GAIRDNER'S RICHARD III
Mr. Gairdner's view of the alleged crimes . . . . . . . . [281] Views stated in Mr. Gairdner's preface . . . . . . . . . . [282] Richard's character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [283] Richard acquitted of several charges . . . . . . . . . . . [285] Tudor fables irreconcileable with Richard's character . . [285] Mr. Gairdner's latest view of the Tewkesbury charge . . . [286-287] On Edward IV.'s proceedings after Tewkesbury . . . . . . . [289-290] His view of the Henry VI. charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . [290] His rejection of the evidence of the writer in Fleetwood . [292] Acquits Richard of responsibility for the death of
Clarence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [294-295] Position with regard to the title to the crown . . . . . . [296] Believes in the Duchess of York slander . . . . . . . . . [297] His reason for the belief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [297] Murder of the Princes. Story admitted to be full
of inaccuracies and improbabilities . . . . . . . . . . [298] Richard could not have been a cool, calculating villain . [298] Must have been headstrong and reckless . . . . . . . . . . [298] Such a man might have committed the crime on a
sudden impulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [299] The rising in Kent supposed to be the motive . . . . . . . [299] But the murders are stated to have been in August,
the rising in October. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [299] Thus Mr. Gairdner's theory fails . . . . . . . . . . . . . [299] Mr. Gairdner supplies proofs of the King's popularity . . [300] Richard was the victim of the perfidy of a few traitors . [300] Mr. Gairdner's testimony to Richard's good qualities . . . [300] Great value of Mr. Gairdner's work . . . . . . . . . . . . [300-301]
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [303]
GENEALOGICAL TABLES
SEIZE QUARTIERS OF EDWARD IV. AND RICHARD III. . . . to face page [6]
SEIZE QUARTIERS OF ANNE NEVILL . . . . . . . . . . . " " [82]
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BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD . . . . . . . . . . . . to face page [328]