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HENRY VI. IN HIS CHILDHOOD
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39
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QUEEN MARGARET OF ANJOU, WIFE OF HENRY VI.
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40
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WALLS OF YORK
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49
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LAST HOURS OF KING RICHARD'S FATHER
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54
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CASTLE AND GROUNDS BELONGING TO THE HOUSE OF YORK
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62
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THE OLD QUINTAINE
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84
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PLAYING BALL
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86
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BATTLE-DOOR AND SHUTTLE-COCK
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87
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RICHARD'S SIGNATURE
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88
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EDWARD IV.
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102
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QUEEN ELIZABETH WOODVILLE
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103
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WESTMINSTER IN TIMES OF PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS
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106
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WARWICK IN THE PRESENCE OF THE FRENCH KING
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112
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THE SANCTUARY
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133
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DEATH OF WARWICK ON THE FIELD OF BARNET
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148
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STREET LEADING TO THE TOWER
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151
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CHURCH AT TEWKESBURY
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155
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QUEEN MARGARET BROUGHT IN PRISONER AT COVENTRY
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160
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TOMB OF HENRY VI.
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163
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RICHARD III.
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176
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QUEEN ANNE
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177
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MIDDLEHAM CASTLE
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180
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LOUIS XI. OF FRANCE
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184
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THE MURDERERS COMING FOR CLARENCE
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200
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JANE SHORE
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203
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THE ATTEMPTED RECONCILIATION
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211
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ANCIENT PORTRAIT OF EDWARD V.
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219
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ANCIENT VIEW OF WESTMINSTER
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228
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THE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS
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235
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CLARENCE'S CHILDREN HEARING OF THEIR FATHER'S DEATH
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237
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THE COUNCIL IN THE TOWER
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244
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POMFRET CASTLE
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248
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BAYNARD'S CASTLE
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273
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THE KING ON HIS THRONE
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276
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THE BLOODY TOWER
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283
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QUEEN ELIZABETH AT THE GRAVE
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304
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PORTRAIT OF THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH
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318
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THE CASTLE AT TAMWORTH
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325
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KING HENRY VII.
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332
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THE MONASTERY AT BERMONDSEY
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335
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KING RICHARD III.
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Chapter I.
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Richard's Mother.
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The great quarrel between the houses of York and Lancaster.
Terrible results of the quarrel.
Origin of it.
The mother of King Richard the Third was a beautiful, and, in many respects, a noble-minded woman, though she lived in very rude, turbulent, and trying times. She was born, so to speak, into one of the most widely-extended, the most bitter, and the most fatal of the family quarrels which have darkened the annals of the great in the whole history of mankind, namely, that long-protracted and bitter
