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.--Intricate questions of
genealogy and descent.--Lady Cecily Neville.--She becomes Duchess of
York.--Her mode of life.--Extract from the ancient annals.--Lady
Cecily's family.--Names of the children.--The boys' situation and mode
of life.--Their letters.--Letter written by Edward and Edmund.--The
boys congratulate their father on his victories.--Further particulars
about the boys.--The Castle of Ludlow.--Character of Richard's
mother.--Spirit of aristocracy.--Relative condition of the nobles and
the people.--Character of Richard's mother.--The governess.--Sir
Richard Croft, the boys' governor.

The mother of Kin