Chapter III: The Crowning Victory of Towton

Description of Edward IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Edward proclaimed King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 22
March to the north. Yorkist leaders . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Lancastrian leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Sir Andrew Trollope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Description of the country round Towton . . . . . . . . . 26
Surprise at Ferrybridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chase and death of Clifford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Yorkists march to Saxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 30
Marshalling of the Lancastrians . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Battle of Towton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 33
Flight of Henry and his partisans. Edward at York . . . . 34
Coronation of Edward IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Edward's generous treatment of his foes . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapel built by Richard at Towton . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

CHAPTER IV

THE CROWN LOST AND WON--BATTLE OF BARNET

Return of George and Richard from Holland . . . . . . . . 38
Their Dukedoms, Earldoms and Richard's K.G. . . . . . . . 38
Richard chief mourner at his father's obsequies . . . . . 39
Military training under Warwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Description of Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Treason of Warwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Flight of Edward and Richard to Holland. . . . . . . . . . 42, 43
Expedition fitted out at Veere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Landing at Ravenspur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Edward's brilliant campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 47
Richard's negotiation with Clarence . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Battle of Barnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 52

CHAPTER V

MARGARET OF ANJOU AND HER SON EDWARD

Birth and marriage of Margaret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 54
Birth of Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Adventures in the wars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 59
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Home at Koeur-la-Petite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Edward's conversations with the Chief Justice . . . . . . 61, 66
Agreement with Warwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Description of young Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

CHAPTER VI

THE BATTLE OF TEWKESBURY

Margaret and Edward land at Weymouth . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Advance to Bristol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
King Edward's plan of campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Description of the battle field . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
March of King Edward's army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Battle of Tewkesbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 75
Death of Edward of Lancaster on the battle field . . . . . 75
Execution of some leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Pardon of the rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Death of Henry VI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Ransom of Margaret. Her death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

CHAPTER VII

MARRIED LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF RICHARD DUKE OF GLOUCESTER

Richard's march to Sandwich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Marriage of Richard and Anne Nevill . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 82
Richard with his brother in France . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Description of Middleham Castle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Home life at Middleham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 83, 84
Public duties. Frequent visits to York . . . . . . . . . 84
Warden of the Marches. Scottish campaign . . . . . . . . 84, 86
Death of Edward IV. Lady Grey. Children . . . . . . . . 86, 87

CHAPTER VIII

ACCESSION OF RICHARD III

Conspiracy of the Woodvilles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Richard made Protector by his brother's will . . . . . . . 89
Arrest of Rivers and his colleagues . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Queen Dowager in sanctuary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Richard and his mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Disclosure of Bishop Stillington . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
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Account of Bishop Stillington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94-95
Foundation of the College at Acaster . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Children of Edward IV. illegitimate . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Hastings-Woodville conspiracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 99
Execution of Rivers and his colleagues . . . . . . . . . . 99, 100
Richard's title to the crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Accession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102