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 38

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